Yesterday’s run was 8 miles at Bayland’s in Palo Alto.  The run is right along the bay.

Baylands Run

A great thing about running in a group is that you almost forget you are running as you talk with your fellow runners.  There was a group of 5 of us running at a similar pace doing a 5 minute run 1 minute walk interval, and we probably weren’t paying as much attention to our surroundings as we should have been.

Suddenly we found ourselves a little lost.  We came to a spot that we didn’t think we had been to before, and thought it was the turnaround since this was an out and back run.  We turned back and then a while later found ourselves in the same spot again.  It felt really funny to feel so disoriented, and even with all the gadgets among us (Garmin watches, IPhones with GPS) it took a while to figure out what was going on.  Turned out we’d looped around (and were not aware of that!), and to get back we had to continue forward not turn back at the spot we thought was the turnaround.  It was funny to see the map afterward!

a few unintended backtracks

The point that we thought was the turnaround was where the ???s are. Was good to finally get back on track again, and we only ended up running a slightly longer distance than intended.

Overall a good run (and a good reminder to be a little more focused!).