What do you think about before you drift off to sleep? If I'm running the next morning, it's usually about the route I'm running. I have a few routes: a one-mile loop, two-mile loop and five-mile loop. Usually I repeat loops or connect them together depending on how many miles I need to run. But for long runs, I usually head to the paved trail about 15 minutes from my house.
So last night I was thinking about the trail - where I was going to park, what direction I was going to run, the water fountains that are available, etc. But things didn't turn out how I envisioned them. About a half-mile into the trail, I came to a sign that said "This Trail is Closed." What? Why? What? I looked for a way around the sign but there was no going around the fence and barbed wire. They were making sure no one went beyond that point. So I turned around mad, dejected and mumbling under my breath, "Now what?" I wasn't familiar with the neighborhood and streets in that area but I needed to get the miles in so I just decided to run and see where I ended up. I ran on busy streets. Ran in unfamiliar neighborhoods. And I ran three tough hills. My legs are sure feeling those hills tonight. Maybe that's a good thing about my little detour this morning - the realization that I need to incorporate more hills in my running. And another realization, when a detour comes I should embrace it. It just might make me stronger.
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Grrrr. I hope your trail becomes useable again. I like it when plans follow through seemlessly.
ReplyDeleteIts hard to go to sleep the night before a big run, huh? I find that its hard to get a good sleep the night before, and the night after.