Tuesday Trails – Stone Mill to Potomac
Tuesday Trails.
Headed out on a nice trail run with my buddy. It was going to be an easy 5 miles out and 5 back. We got a late start and I wasn’t really ready. Hadn’t eaten well, was not well hydrated and the temperature was in the 90′s, humidity was off the charts and there wasn’t any wind. Perfect setup for a learning day! 
He headed out and immediately noticed the trail markers were counting down from 8 miles to 7 etc… We wanted to know where they ended. After all, who wouldn’t, right? So we decided that instead, we would run to the end and call for a ride wherever the end was. Well after 7 miles something we hit the end and decided that it wasn’t too late to head back and round trip the run. I wonder who’s brainiac idea that was 
It was very hilly, I was hot, getting low on water and I hit a wall around 10-11 miles. I ate gels, drank what water I had but I was feeling like crap. I could barely lift my legs. Finally I got through it, something of a learning experience to be in the middle of nowhere, no easy bail out and have to press on. I got through it and felt a new kind of pain and some feelings of accomplishment too. Then the rain and lightening started. Long story short it got dark, we were tired and 1.4 miles from the car we had to get a ride.
Moral of the story: be ready for anything, be aware of the time, carry at least a small flashlight, and have some kind of food available when trail running cause I was famished.
Running | Scott Schneider | 
June 22, 2011 12:45 pm
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