i was out on the west side of the valley today. 34th west? i don't remember. anyway, mapmyrun.com had shown a road at 18th north that i wanted to use to return to the school so i didn't have to go down to the valleyview highway (2nd north, which is actually 5th north where the two meet, but does cut down three blocks to 2nd). anyway, i've run the road before and didn't remember anything being there, but it has a few dirt roads between fields listed elsewhere in the valley so i figured it was probably one of these. anyway, my legs are still recovering from monday's dozen hard miles but i did a good 5 miler hard and was in a bit of "recovery" miles before a smaller set of hard miles (3). i neared the spot where 18th north should be. there was a water plant or something there, but i was still a bit south and i could see a turn off or perhaps road up ahead so i kept going. i must stop to say something about premonition. i really need a more positive premonition because as they say in that cheesy (but horribly true) book/movie the secret you get what you ask for. anyway, in return for my negative premonition asking for no road to be there, there was one--even paved. and i could see it bend right where mapyrun.com said it would. but ahhhh, my negativity. it was locked up. i often ignore these things. i frequently climb a fence in south jordan whose gate reads 'beware of bulls'--there are never any there. but, this...this was close to that water plant and i was afraid of being hauled off to questioning by some blind-sighted government authority figure hopped up on a power trip and lording his authority over me, a nearly defenseless (i had pepper spray) girl running on a deserted road. so...i kept running and lost the umph for my 3 more miles hard. i don't know why the addition of one single mile killed me. 17 miles is significantly harder than 16 but i don't know why. it's' just a mile, right? kills me. kills me. monday i added and easy mile--an easy one and had a time of it finishing (ok, not really, but it did feel a lot harder than 16 would have). ok, it's time for bed. you get the picture. i ran longer than i wanted. |