The long winding road

• Wed, Nov 18: Hills #3. Got a bit lost, did poorly. Sigh.

So, let this be a lesson to me to (1) not be late, and (2) if I'm going to be late, at least have the sense to memorize the email about practice. Since I did neither, when I got to the park and saw noone from our team in sight, I started off in the wrong direction. And by the time I knew that it was the wrong way, it didn't seem to make sense to turn around. So silly me ended up having to run (well, figuratively speaking) all around the park to find the group.

I started to get a bit nervous that I wouldn't make it all around the park before it was time to leave and pick up our bags. Plus, every other runner was heading in the opposite direction. It was dark, I was worried. But thankfully, I ran into the group with 23 minutes left.

What was funny, though: Everyone goes "Janine! Where did you come from? Were you here, but I just didn't see you?" (The coaches went, "My, my, where did you turn up from?!") My response: "I went left. I was here, just on the other side of the park!"

So, funny experience to tell, but a poor practice for me. Think I made up for it the Saturday?