Sunday Run

Sunday started early as I left my parents' home in Orange County at 04:00 to get back to Santa Monica and then go to church to take care to the day's tasks.

I got home at 7:45 p.m. at last and decided to do a short run.

I set out and soon got a beep from Garmin ... a low energy warning and then it rapidly went blank screen.

I was not amused; but, I decided to try and run a Garmin-free trot. I headed around the area to the Santa Monica Airport and Clover Park.

I was hoping to feel relaxed without the electronic conscience; but, the opposite happened. Without my guiding light of timing guidance, I began to feel lethargic and slow.

My calves and thighs were sore; it was not good. The evening was nice and pleasant but the running was frustrating.

I continued onwards just kind of aimless plodding before heading home.

The lesson from this was there is a lot of room for improvement and I need to look at the causes of the problems very quickly.