wins and losses
So, day three of my 5 days of running and I’ve been getting it done. Just barely. Today was definitely the hottest of the hot. I could make it about a mile before I needed to take a little break in the shade. And I figured since I wasn’t going to get the miles run straight through I’d go ahead and run five. But it was more like intervals. Run a mile. Hide under a tree and pour half my water on my face. Run another mile.
Since I haven’t shown you my new running digs, check it out:
About a mile from my front door I can be at a nice little bike path. The only flaw is that it does not have that much shade, so I feel like I’m baking under the sun. Even in the early mornings. I will say that I feel much much more safe running on the sidewalks and bike paths here than I did on the country roads without a shoulder up north. Not sure the trade off for 100+ degrees is really worth it though….
In SAD news. My Garmin seems to have died. At the beginning of the summer she was loosing her charge at an alarming rate and I was afraid that she was done for. So I contacted Garmin Support and they walked me through a reset/software update which temporarily fixed the problem. But on yesterday’s run she quit after a mile and today (after being fully charged overnight) she beeped her last at 1.5 miles.
So, I’m sending her in. Its actually a little bit past the one year warranty, but because Garmin is an AWESOME company they are taking care of me and sending me a replacement without charge. But I am sad. She has served me so well!
her first day as a part of our family
Getting me to my sub-four hour marathon:
San Diego RnR 2010
Qualifying me for Boston:
Grand Rapids 2010
Running the world’s best race with me:
And now. She’s gone.
Sure, I’ll get another device. I’m sure that it will work perfectly. I may even learn to love the replacement. But it won’t understand where I’ve been. It hasn’t been through the fight with me. I am sad.
As sad as you are over her loss, I love that you got to write up this post and recap the places you’ve been together! Big smile on my face remembering meeting you after you qualified!!!
I hope you are enjoying your new digs, too sunny or not, that path looks heavenly!
Awww you’ve had some GREAT accomplishments with that Garmin. I hope your new one serves you just as well.
Great job on the running streak this week! No shame in taking a break in some shade on days like this. Awesome trail!
Yes, it will be a new relationship and it will be different, but it will take you through new accomplishments, and thus develop its own relationship with you, which will be special in its own right.
Love the new path!!!! Sorry to hear about your Garmin
Poor thing.
AWWW! RIP little buddy! your new one will serve you just as well!
Glad to hear that Garmin’s stepping up and giving you a new one! My first one died a couple years ago, more than two years after I bought it at REI. I went back to the store and they gave me a new one on the spot. I love good customer service.
chica I miss you!!! how’s the new place??
I am so so sorry
I get attached to my little running doo-dads and shoes, too 
I think your Garmin is the first girl Garmin I’ve read about 
I am still getting acquainted with my Garfield Garmin who has been a pain in my arse since he arrived.