Running Notes :: Betrayal

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I'm Kathy Brown and I've been an application developer in Lotus Notes/Domino since 2005.

Prior to working in IT, I've had numerous careers including an Investment Analyst and even an Actress (long ago and far away).

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Today I was betrayed. Betrayed by Big Red. I've posted previously of my love for Big Red and today Big Red failed me. I started my run as I normally do. And about 1/4 of a mile in, I glanced down at Big Red to see what my pace was. Sadly, Big Red had gone dark. That's not a euphemism, the screen had gone dark. My Garmin Forerunner 305 was off. Despite the fact that it had just been ON. And despite the fact that I had just recently charged it. Sadness kicked in. Then panic. What will I do? How will I know how fast (slow) I've run? How far I've gone? How long it took? I contemplated stopping and going back home. Then, I realized how ridiculous that was and that I should run. I knew about how far to go for a three mile run. So what if I don't know if it was EXACTLY three miles, or long it took, at least I would have gone for a run. So I continued on.

I continued on for one of the most CRAPTASTIC runs I have ever had. First and foremost let me say that I don't like heat. I can run in below freezing temps in a snowstorm, I don't like it, but it's okay. I don't like heat. It happened to be 90 degrees out for my run today and it's 2 PM with the sun blazing. Not the best time for a run, but I have to run when I can, right? Add to that, I hadn't really had ANY water to drink today. Oops. A medium iced coffee and a diet coke. Not exactly the best hydration for a hot run.

I swear there was no shade to be had on my run either. And it FELT like it was uphill both ways. But maybe I was hallucinating.

And, some guy was out mowing his dirt patch. So I got to run through a lovely cloud of gas fumes from the mower and a ton of dirt that the mower kicked up. Boy, I sure hope he has a dog, so I could run through some pulverized dog poo.

When I stopped for my "cool down" walk back to my house, all the neighbors were out and I kept chanting in my head over and over, "Don't pass out - don't puke". Feel free to use that, if you find it motivating.

There was other brilliantly funny stuff I was going to blog about, but in my heat addled state, I've forgotten it all.

Comments

1 - LOL! Well...that's inspired me. Off for a run! Emoticon

BTW...hope Big Red comes back to life!

Posted by Chris Blatnick At 16:31:09 On 22/05/2009 | - Website - |

2 - For a moment I thought you were talking chewing gum

Posted by Carl Tyler At 17:35:59 On 22/05/2009 | - Website - |

3 - Big Red is currently recharging. Hopefully it just turned on in my bag or something. Or, maybe it died and I'll have to go out and buy the new model. Gee, that would really be too bad. Emoticon

Posted by Kathy Brown At 20:18:49 On 22/05/2009 | - Website - |

4 - I now have a Big Red and, for back up, a Big Blue. I have had them turn on in the gym bag a few times. Also, I have been very discouraged when I left it at home, when I had drove somewhere to go for a run. I finally gave in and bought a used unit on Ebay to have as a back up for these times. It was an extravagance in my mind, but it has helped to keep my moral up.

By the way, I am always looking for someone to run with at conferences. If you go slower, I can slow it down. If you go faster, well, I can ask you to slow it down. I always welcome the company.

Take care and good luck.

Posted by Norman Cox At 11:30:11 On 26/05/2009 | - Website - |