new plan of attack

Tonight was a long run with Alex and we decided to meet at the park where the half marathon is going to be in Oct. I asked the forrest preserve lady how this one running area was... her comment was that it was paved. So Alex and I set out to explore the unknown and see how part of the half marathon course would be. Im not sure if this lady even knew about the trail because there was not a single part that was paved! We started out in this field that had this really thin area where people have walked, run, and biked on. All around us were trees, shrubs, and green stuff. I felt like we were in an episode of Lost. After just a bit we ended up in the woods. There were roots to all the big trees everywhere, leaves on the ground and we picked up a dog for most of the run. At first I was like.... I have mace and im not afraid to use it but the dog was super nice (looked like lassie) Well about halfway down the trail Alex took a dive into the ground. Thank goodness she was not hurt. All I could think was that she had a torn acl or something horrible like that but as always I had my cell phone with me and my mace, along with water so I felt pretty prepared for anything that could go wrong. Thankfully she was fine! Just a bit dirty. She tore her shirt but that was the extent of injury. We decided that after we saw this really steep hill to turn back. The whole trail was 3 miles but we did about half. We then found paved ground and ran a little over 5 miles until deciding to go back to reality and run the roads.
We made our way to the gym and parked our cars and set out again for the remainder of the run. We were almost halfway done with the road course when Alex fell again. I was like I think our bodies are trying to tell us something. We turned back. All in all we ran just over 8.5 miles. Not the 9 we wanted but o well.
I really needed that run due to eatting out with Roni, Grandma, and Daniel for lunch at Red Robin. Before we went there I gave them a crash course at Harris Teeter. They said that thier heads were spinning and didnt understand how I could calculate and do everything so fast. I guess it is just one of the gifts I have. We did get some good deals.
Off to bed and for another start of the work week. Tomorrow is my monday. It shall start off at the gym and ht to get a few select things, such as reeses cups...mmmmm