Are You Inside?

"Are you inside?" No, I'm not inside. This is what the Garmin asked of me today as I'm waiting for satellite sync out in the clear open area behind my hotel. It's never asked me this before. So, I answer no. It proceeds to ask, "Have you traveled several hundred miles since your last use?" Why yes, yes I have!!! Welcome to O'Fallon, Illinois little Garmin! Just thought this was something to share...this hasn't happened to me yet during my California travels. I must be syncing to a whole new set of satellites here in the Midwest! :) Wondered if any of you have yet had this question from your device...?

Anyways, enjoying our trip out here. There is a nice oval running path around a small lake with a fountain here behind our hotel. 3 times around is a little over a mile. A nice path, but boy is it humid! I waited until about sundown but I was still dripping! Nice to get in some speedwork around the "track" though!

Tomorrow I'm trying to talk Tim into driving me over to the St. Louis arch to take some pics of me running in the park there (although I'm sure if he tried to get a pic of me and the entire arch I would look like a tiny spec in the photo!). He asked me, "What time are we talkin'?" When I said, "Oh, maybe 6:00 or 6:30" he just laughed. We shall see what he says in the morning. ;) We were at the arch today just to explore and take the ride up to the top. Amazing! I highly recommend! There is a nice park with lots of beautiful trees and some small lakes surrounding the arch. Plenty of runners there, so I'd like to be one of them tomorrow! Also, for Saturday I'm hoping to run in Forest Park. Huge park here that is larger than Central Park in NY. :) I'll keep you ladies posted! Enjoy your long run Saturday as well!