First time out of the park!!!

• Sat, Oct 31: 9 1/3 miles. First time out of Prospect Park!!!

And where did we run to? Ikea!!! lol (For anyone who doesn't know, I loooove Ikea).

This run was very interesting. First off, I decided to use the public bathroom in Prospect Park for the first time. And for my bravery, what did I get? I was locked in the bathroom. I'm not kidding. The lock wouldn't turn and I couldn't get out. Worse still, I was alone in there and not about to slide out under the door on that um, rather dirty bathroom floor. What was a person to do but somehow McGyver myself over the stall? I totally climbed up on the toilet, hoisted my left over the top of the stall wall and let myself over the other side into the empty stall beside. There was a terrible moment where I thought, I'm up, but how am I going to come down? Lol. But I made it without hurting myself anywhere. I was a little dusty and shell-shocked, though. They must not dust the top of bathroom stall walls.

But back to the running. It wasn't bad. I gave a good account of myself. Running to Ikea and back was 6 miles of it - 3 miles downhill, then that 'lovely' long couple of miles up 9th street on the way back up to Prospect Park. Then it was once around the Park for the last 3 1/3. True, I felt a bit broken up afterwards (wasn't sure I'd be able to walk back to the station), but 9 miles! Coming from 6 the previous week (and 7 the week before)? Go, me!!