ALONE

This weekend past was Labor Day weekend.  Twin 1 headed to the parents and Twin 2 stayed in the city.  Sunday Runday called for 16k.  Alone.  This was HUGE.  We were each left to our own devices.

RECAP by Twin 2

As the race is getting so close (16 days left!!!) and panic is starting to set in, my usual thought on Saturday is “What can I eat for supper tonight to help fuel for Sunday’s run?”.  On Saturday I went out for the afternoon with Sista Wi to do a bit of shopping and to get some groceries (I figured Sunday’s grocery run as per usual would be crazy b/c of the store closure on Monday).  I racked my brain wondering what to eat for supper and came up with a salad, sweet potato and chicken (beats the chocolate bar suppers I’ve been having every other Saturday). 

I checked in with Twin 1 after supper on Saturday evening to ask her what time she was heading out in the morning.  The plan was to leave the house around 6:00/6:30 a.m. as per usual. 

I woke up at 4:30 a.m. and had my staple of toast with peanut butter and banana.  Not sure why but I didn’t quite get ready in time and didn’t head out the door until approximately 7:00 a.m. when the sun was coming up and it was starting to get warm out.  At that moment I thought “well maybe I should wait and do it tonight when it cools off” but then thought better of it because our actual race starts at 9:30 a.m. in the morning and it will definitely be hot by then.

My original plan was to leave the house and run 4k out and back toward Hubley then back to my house and run 4k out and back toward Lakeside for a total of 16k.  Let’s go.  When I hit 4k I thought to myself “I wonder if I should just continue at least another km because if I run by my house I’ll probably want to stop in for whatever reason and then not start up again”. So I decided to run at least another km.  As I approached 5k I thought “if I turn around now that will take me to 10k by my house and I will only have to do 3k out and back after passing the house”.  While in the process of thinking about turning around I again thought maybe I’ll just do one more and saw a side road into a fairly new subdivision that looked pretty quiet.  I made the turn into the subdivision and it was the best decision.  It was just me and the road. No houses, no cars. 

As I approached 6k the road I was on ended so I turned down a side street and continued on.  As I was approaching 7k I thought “I could turn around now and that would take me to 14k and then only do 1k past the house and back” but then thought “well it’s so quiet here and such a good run and I’m not worrying about traffic why not keep going as it’s only 1k more”.  So I did.  And it worked out perfectly because as my Garmin beeped at 8k the road ended and I had to turn around anyway.

I usually carry my phone with me on my runs and when I was about 2k from home I heard a text coming in and I thought to myself “I bet that’s Twin 1 texting saying she is done”.  YAY for us!