Mar 18, 2007
Wanna Guarantee You Don't Come Up Short? Get Lost!!!
Well yesterdays long run turned out to be a pure adventure. I met up with the Fleet Feet gang in the store parking lot at 7am. Some people were running the 10k so they took of from the store to get in a coule extra miles before the race.
Amy, Karin #1, Annette, Steve, Maria, Sylvia, Katie and myself prepared for our supposed 16 mile route. Amy took some time the night before to plot it out and we were off! We decided we has such a nice run on our "Better Homes and Gardens" route that we would try it again...this time with a twist! Amy came up with two alternative endings...kind of like those "Choose Your Own Adventure" books I used to read when I was a kid.
We headed through Cherokee and made the usual turn into Seneca. Once through the parks we continued into St. Matthews and then crossed over Brownsboro Rd and winded down the Indian Hills to River Road. We hit our 10 mile mark as planned and took the much needed bathroom break.
At this point we needed to decide which way back we would take. 1)The Easy Route - Continue up River Road and head back through Beargrass Creek path. OR 2) The Hard Way - Up Zorn, Down Frankfort and somehow end up back on Bardstown Rd. (I say somehow because where we got lost was deciding weather to go Left or Right on Payne St.)
Katie made the decision to take Zorn...My legs are still "thanking" her for that choice...that hill is always so much longer than it looks. Our group started to separate a bit and the run down Frankfort Ave was a nice break from the uphill climb we had just finished. Once we found Pope St. we took a left and headed down Pope Until we got to Payne. We could see some of the walkers still completeing the City Run from where we were and we took a left and continued our run.
Another 5-10 minutes or so into our run "back home" we saw the Clifton Signs and Joe had informed us that we had taken the wrong turn and we were infact heading back up Frankfort and away from Bardstown Rd. To exhausted from the two large hills we had just climbed we decided to just continue on up until we hit Peterson. Once we Hit Peterson we took Grinstead back up to Cherokee and then finally we were home.
So our little 16 mile route ended up being closer to 18...but that OK. Miles in the bank right?!?!?
Amy, needless to say, felt bad about misguiding us on route. But we had a blast. At least once a year we get lost and end up on a run a little longer that planned. They all go down in history and we all end up laughing about it at our Post Marathon parites or one of our many Coffee Chats.
Amy, Karin #1, Annette, Steve, Maria, Sylvia, Katie and myself prepared for our supposed 16 mile route. Amy took some time the night before to plot it out and we were off! We decided we has such a nice run on our "Better Homes and Gardens" route that we would try it again...this time with a twist! Amy came up with two alternative endings...kind of like those "Choose Your Own Adventure" books I used to read when I was a kid.
We headed through Cherokee and made the usual turn into Seneca. Once through the parks we continued into St. Matthews and then crossed over Brownsboro Rd and winded down the Indian Hills to River Road. We hit our 10 mile mark as planned and took the much needed bathroom break.
At this point we needed to decide which way back we would take. 1)The Easy Route - Continue up River Road and head back through Beargrass Creek path. OR 2) The Hard Way - Up Zorn, Down Frankfort and somehow end up back on Bardstown Rd. (I say somehow because where we got lost was deciding weather to go Left or Right on Payne St.)
Katie made the decision to take Zorn...My legs are still "thanking" her for that choice...that hill is always so much longer than it looks. Our group started to separate a bit and the run down Frankfort Ave was a nice break from the uphill climb we had just finished. Once we found Pope St. we took a left and headed down Pope Until we got to Payne. We could see some of the walkers still completeing the City Run from where we were and we took a left and continued our run.
Another 5-10 minutes or so into our run "back home" we saw the Clifton Signs and Joe had informed us that we had taken the wrong turn and we were infact heading back up Frankfort and away from Bardstown Rd. To exhausted from the two large hills we had just climbed we decided to just continue on up until we hit Peterson. Once we Hit Peterson we took Grinstead back up to Cherokee and then finally we were home.
So our little 16 mile route ended up being closer to 18...but that OK. Miles in the bank right?!?!?
Amy, needless to say, felt bad about misguiding us on route. But we had a blast. At least once a year we get lost and end up on a run a little longer that planned. They all go down in history and we all end up laughing about it at our Post Marathon parites or one of our many Coffee Chats.
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