2-ish mile warmup in Longleaf, then ran into Keith, Victoria, Greg,
and two Jamie's. Ran to Craig and Dianes house for fluids top off.
Ran with Craig into Starkey Park then turned towards the horse corral to get to the off-road trails. Ran
into a girl named Madeline home on break. We ran out the usual way that I go, but turned right at the point in the trail where you can turn left to do the 3 mile loop or go straight to get out of the loop and towards the power lines (the way I ran the last few times I was in Starkey). Went on the "new" trail (although I think I ran this trail with Sean one time). Eventually made it to the power lines and
then south for a bit with her, before I had to turn around. At this point I had done 11 miles.
I thought I was doing ok retracing the route but ended up taking a
couple wrong turns. Corrected it but was going to be a
little long, I was a bit further south than I wanted to be. But, I was pretty sure I could still make it back on time. However, as I was heading north I saw Craig who was going back home by way of a short cut, so I turned
back with him and ran back thru Aristide, then back out to Starkey Blvd.
I would have been a little short if I had gone straight back, so I headed north a little once
back on Starkey Blvd then turned around for home stretch back. No plans
run turned into lucky adventure.
