the Fun Run

I am so annoyed with myself. However, I think it is funny, so I will write about it. I decided on a whim to join a running group. A very wise decision on my part, as it turns out. See, I am actually kind of shy, though no one believes me when I tell them that. I have a hard time being alone in a crowd and meeting people. But I decided to join and looked at their web site for the first time on Saturday night, only to discover that they were having the first fun run of their winter series the very next day. The day AFTER I ran 10.2 miles, which was the day after running 6. I was so looking forward to a rest day, but decided I wanted to do the series nonetheless. So off I went.

Everyone was wonderful and it was such fun. However, the annoyance part... it was cold. So I put on my good Under Armour gloves and off I went. Hard. Off course, my hands got hot and sweaty after a while, so I took them off and put them into my jacket pocket. So, I am making good time and I reached down on a whim, only to realize that one of my gloves had fallen out of my pocket. So, I had to go back looking for it (I LOVE these gloves). I didn't have to go too far and I found it and went and finished... 10 seconds slower than my PR. That's right... if I hadn't had the glove catastrophe, I would have PR'd on a hilly, miserable course, so less. ARGH! The next one is February 22, the day AFTER the 10 miler I am planning on running in Blacksburg. Maybe that will be my day...