Running Blind

My Garmin battery finally died, so I had to run without it. First things first, I don't ever want to do that again. Once you experience the data Garmin provides, its hard to unknowingly run. How far have I gone? What direction am I headed (I have zero sense of direction)? What is my current pace? How fast did I complete my last mile? With a Garmin, you know the answer to all these and more at all times.

OK, enough Garmin talk. The run was somewhere between 5.5 and 6 miles. At a future date, when running with the Garmin, I will be able to determine my exact distance (I just can't stop talking about it). I ran with my co-worker and we decided to go until we hit 25 minutes, then turn around. We did this. We hit the 2 mile landmark at 16:50ish. Cool. We continued on to 25 minutes, turned around and stopped for 2 minutes to stretch. We also stopped at a water fountain - it was hot. We must've ran back faster because we arrived at my house in under 50 minutes (barely - 49:30). I was surprised because I felt like I was slowing on the way back. I was definitely not feeling as strong. If I had not been running with someone, I would have slowed. My training partner pushed me :)

Alex finished his ride and we were off to the dog park. I'm serious, I am enjoying it so much! We've met some potential friends and Kenda has a ball. She tries to get the other dogs to chase her, it is beyond adorable to an adoring  fur-mom such as myself. She will go up to a dog, any dog, and push her long nose into their side and then jump back (with butt in air) and wag her entire backside. If they take the bait, she's off like a deer. If they refuse the bait, she tries again until successful or until she is distracted. On the rare occassion that she is the one doing the chasing, it is usually a much smaller dog. Today, it was a Corgi. Alex loved it because he wants a Corgi someday. I'm unsure about that, we'll have to see. They are awful small, but there is something about those ears and that long body that I might be able to fall for...until fur-child numero dos, Kenda will do perfectly :)

At home after the park, we made breakfast for dinner...always a good decision. Tomorrow brings an easier run, probably 4.5 miles at about 8:45 pace. Garmin will help me achieve this :)