Wow, what a crazy run! If I was every a POW I would imagine this is what they would have me do. David, Grant and I all went up to Barr lake. The trail around the lake is 8.9 miles so I was planning on running it twice. Well first off it was too hot for me to be running. I didn't sleep well the last few nights and my eating wasn't in top form either! I was just plain tired! On the trail I saw....6 deer, rabbits, squirrels, a dead duck, a dead skunk, one too many dead birds aannndd......A SNAKE!!! Oh my goodness I probably jumped higher than MJ and about wet my pants! It was huge too! I'm not talking just a little measly stick of a snake, this baby was inches around and looong. Ew! I came within inches of stepping on it. I sprinted like there was no tomorrow. I can't even talk about it without getting goosebumps! Then there was lots of mud, the trail had tons of split offs which just made me confused. Anyway after 12 miles I told David that I wanted to just run on the road back home. He was such a sport and brought me a snack and some more gaterade. I'm really frustrated with training right now. I know there are tons of people that don't ever run 4 miles, let alone 20 but it was just frustrating. I did 17 miles in a row and then David needed to get back to our neighborhood so we drove 15 mins home and I did the other 3 right then. I guess I had a little break. *I hit the lap button so everything is kind of off. I also left the watch running while I tied my shoes or stretched, sometimes I would stop it when I would meet David and grab a drink. 3:32:14 1-9:47 2-9:41 3-10:03 4-9:48 5-10:03 6-9:55 7-10:19 8-9:49 9-9:50 10-9:50 11-10:08 12-10:24 13-10:24 14-11:41 15-10:44 16-11:31 17-11:21 18-12:27 19-11:46 20-11:08 AP: 10:33 |