There was another Girls Only Run organized by the Chennai Runners held today and I had planned to run for it.
Since my schedule called for a 8.5 k run this weekend and knowing that I wouldn't be able to run this Saturday (blame it on our moderately active social life), I had planned on running from home to the GOR venue and participating in the 5k run with the women making up a total of about 7.5 k.
The run was meant to begin at 5:30 so I left home nice and early at 5:00 along an unfamiliar route to Panagal Park in T Nagar. Being a new route and unsure of how safe (or unsafe) it would be, I had asked my husband to come along with me. He was biking slowly along with me and I felt like one of those super-star runners with my own personal patrol... :-) :-)
I had worn my new hydration belt as planned and boy! did it take some getting used to. It was bobbing around all over the place (I probably hadn't worn it correctly) and I had to keep stopping to readjust it. 500 meters into the run I gave up on it, handed it to hubby and ran unhindered the rest of the way to the venue. Managed to cover the 2.5 k to the venue in about 20 minutes only to learn that the running event would start only by 6:00. I was all warmed up with my run and didn't want to stick around for half and hour and let myself cool down completely and so I turned around and headed back home.
It was a good 5k run to T Nagar and back but I may have to do an 8k on Sunday to make up my weekly mileage.
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