Man, do I feel foolish. I headed out a little earlier than normal so I could get in 8 easy miles. I decided to run towards the canyon and then maybe down Palisades. About 2.5 miles into my run it suddenly dawns on me (even though it is still very dark) that it's Thursday! I was supposed to meet Larry and Wayne at 5:45am! And I'm 2.5 miles away!
Even though there was little hope of finding them, I immediately turned around and headed towards home. I figured if they perchance chose to run the same route, I might meet up with them. As I headed home a phrase from Rex in Toy Story (I think) popped into my mind, "Great! Now I have guilt!" I didn't see them so when I reached the neighborhood, now 5 miles into my run, I decided to run part of the Lindon Loop backwards. If they went that way I'd probably find them. I thought maybe they had taken the Never Ending Hills route, too, but if they did I didn't want to find them. My legs were not wanting hills today.
I went 1.5 miles then gave up and returned home for a total of 8 miles (at about 9:14/mi). I thought I would at least see them walking around the block to cool down, so I could apologize, but no luck. Oh well, I thought I might finally attain perfection today and make no mistakes, but it looks like I'll have to wait until tomorrow. Dang! I can't believe I did that!
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