Double Digits
Yesterday was a BIG day for the Grier household. We both ran farther then we ever thought possible.
Mr. B joined the official long distance running club by running ten miles, and we twenty! We are not going to lie, it was a day filled with confusion, pit stops, and frustration but we made it!
Let us start from the beginning…
Mr. B had it all figured out. We were to run the High Line Canal trail that runs from Denver all the way south for about sixty-miles. It’s a flat, dirt trail that is reliable for long running days such as this. The plan was for Mr. B to drop us off and do the first 10 miles by myself and meet us to finish the rest.
Well, all we can say is thank God for cell phones.
We ran the first 4 miles right on schedule and everything looked fine on the map. But we kid you not, we definitely took a wrong turn because we ended up 7 miles east of where we were supposed to meet Mr. B. RA-TARDED!! The funny thing is, we had our iphone on us with a GPS and we didn’t even think to look to make sure we were still on course. Ooops! So instead of meeting Mr. B and continuing the next 10 miles with him, he had to pick us up here: Yep, Red Robin. We have no idea how we went from a dirt trail that is well marked to a Red Robin. Such an idiot! We called Mr. B when we got there and said, “May-day, May-day. The eagle has not landed. We repeat the eagle has not landed.” He could not help but laugh at us for being such a dork. Anyways, ten minutes later and our knight in shining Nike wear came and got us again. Why do all of our long runs require us being rescued? We are just glad the marathon course is marked otherwise we will be in big trouble. Since we totally put a damper on finishing the trail and it was getting late, we decided to head back downtown to finish the ten miles in Wash Park. Which actually worked out because we needed more water and food. Fast forward forty-five minutes later and we are back to running. Only this time we had Mr. B with us and it was sooooo much more fun! We have never been more proud of our husband. After being sick for the past week and a half and not completing a lot of his running days, he knocked out those ten miles! Talk about not giving up mentally. Seriously our hero. Even though we thought the day/run would never end, we finished! GO GRIERS!!! P. S. This is us documenting our 2-0 miles because guess who forgot to charge their Garmin before leaving? We seriously need help. We are glad that Mr. B had is phone on with our Tracks on it to keep track of our mileage!
