4 miles, 40minutes 5:00am Jensen Lake and South of Holland lake
Frustrating new route today. I assumed when I added the horse trails on the run it would be like the steep climbs on the west side of Lebanon Park, but alas, they are extremely sandy and reduced me to plodding along uphills. Wearing a headlamp in the wee hours didn't help either as I had never navigated the middle stretch of today's route. I must have stopped at least a half dozen times to figure out my next turn and could not establish any kind of a rhythm for a good quality run.
Crossing the twisted bridge at "damn it's dark" a.m., wasn't as exciting when I considered it collapsing and me going for a swim in 40degree weather; possibly maiming one of my extremeties enough to end up crawling back to my car. An empty parking lot when I arrived assured me I'd be hobbling along unaided and was a little concerned when I heard a quiet "crack" about mid-way across. But I survived for a crossing another day.
Despite my prior nights planning to pack a running kit and work clothes, due to a small oversight I am hardcore commando today. Hardcore is appropriate as it's been 16 years since my last free-balling moment, when I was out of clean clothes (twice worn underwear) and had to walk a mile on-base to the laundromat in Norfolk belting out my rendtion of Tom Petty's hit, "Free Ballin!" (I know you're singing it too).
With back to back long runs of 6 miles each this weekend I'll need to find a good course that doesn't have so many new turns. Being new to trail running, that is going to be impossible and I'll probably end up wandering all over Hyland lake park for an hour. That will be awesome! I ain't scared! It's trail running - it's soooper fun!
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