Run interrupted…
Sometimes life is just silly.
Some time ago I got a Shoe Wallet to hold my car key in when I’m running. Being my usual worry-wart self, I would always check it frequently during runs to make sure the key was secure in the pouch - which it always was - so slowly Shoe Wallet and I developed a trusting relationship. Until yesterday.
I had gone about a mile and a half in on the trail, turned around and headed back about 1/4 mile when I happened to look down and see the pouch just a’floppin around on my sneaker. That’s a heart sinker, let me tell you. As I scoured the trail, having no idea where on the run it might have slipped out, I kept thinking “I’ll look down and see it any time now.” It was not to be 
I have a feeling that it managed to go flying into the tall grass that borders the trail. Fortunately, I had my cell phone with me and was able to call the old man to bring my spare key. I NEVER carry my cell phone with me on a run but it so happened that I was waiting for a call from a friend I was going to meet later, otherwise it would have been locked in my car. For this I am infinately grateful as the alternative would have been to hump it down the road to the lumber yard in all my sweaty glory, leave a message with the kid (husband was running errands), then sit around and wait however long. As it was, it was about an hour and a half before he got home and called me back.
Today, I ran with my key in a death grip in my hot little hand and managed to get my whole time in. I hit the trail about 7:30 AM but it was not the wonderfully cool dry morning of last weekend. The humidity was such that it felt like I was breathing soup. I felt sluggish and slow - which is made sadder by the fact that I’m only running in 1 minute intervals right now and still felt like puking (no snickering…ok, a little snickering’s ok).
Week in Review
Sun: Swimming (well, I guess you could call it that)
Mon: Slacker
Tue: Work late
Wed: 1 minute running/1 minute walking x 15 reps (No pain!!)
Thur: Gym
Fri: 1:1 x 9 (Lost key debacle)
Sat: 1:1 x 15 (Slug)
Onward
Comment by Susan
Saturday August 28 2004 @ 2:12 pm
I worry about this all the time. It’s a pain to carry keys as I run, but I do it all the time. Glad the running keeps getting better:)