Get lost. That's what I did today.
I went for what is becoming a regular run at lunchtime in the forest around work. I have run a few of the tracks before and decided to combine two of them so I could run a little further.
After about 40 minutes of running through the forest and onto some back roads, I was wondering why I hadn't arrived back at the compound (work) yet. I started running up a hill and came across a state trooper. He wound down the window and I said I was lost. He told me he was lost too. He had a laptop and a GPS so he found out where we were and how I should get back. He pointed me up towards the hill and I head off again.
After I got to the top I hear the trooper pull up behind me and he let me know that he had actually put me in the wrong direction and I had been running in the wrong direction the whole time. Great. So I head back down the hill, still lost and not wanting to ask for any more directions from this confused but well equipped (sp?) trooper.
I asked a couple of other people for directions, and by combining all the vague instructions I managed to get back to work. I had been running for 1 hour and 33 mins with a few mins stopping to talk to people. This is a great start for me as I am planning to race in the Boston Half Marathon. Although I'm quite sore now and probably will be even more over the next few days, I will try to keep this up but of course with a GPS this time.
Posted by dbradby at May 27, 2004 01:09 PMHilarious!!!
Posted by: Fred at June 9, 2004 03:28 AM