Not surprisingly, I haven’t run much lately. I did put in 36 miles of backpacking over the
weekend. Today, I managed to get a run
in. We are at the Indianapolis 500. I wanted to trail run, but I didn’t have the
energy to drive anywhere. Instead, I hit
the roads for the first time in months.
I almost didn’t at all.
I started at about 7:30 PM, from the campground. It was still hot and humid. I wore shorts and a short sleeve shirt and
was sweating a lot early on.
I headed along the frontstretch of the speedway. That was cool for road running at least. It’s about 1/3 of a mile to where we’ll be
sitting on Sunday. I then, headed to the
town of Speedway. They have a cool Main
Street, with bars and such.
This area was a little busy.
I ended up getting over a mile into the run at the end of the
street. I dodged people, but did
okay. The plan was for only about 4
miles. I decided to turn right and run
through the town.
This road was nice at first, but then became busy. I ran out of shoulder, but had a bike lane to
run on. I felt like I was paralleling
Crawfordsville Road, but I guess I wasn’t.
I got over mile 2 and kept going.
I knew I’d need a little farther to do a loop.
When I was ready to turn, there was nowhere to actually
turn. There were a couple dead end
apartments. I finally turned down a road
and found some cool wooded houses. This
road went nowhere then.
Eventually, I found a busy nearby road that seemed to head
in the correct direction. This was
wooded and went on and on and on. I
checked off the road for dead bodies. At
times, I even lost the shoulder.
I figured I was going the correct way, but unsure. I was going next to the highway, so I figured
my direction was good in general. I then
came to a T-intersection. I took a right
on to 22nd Street.
I was around mile 3 now and clearly would be well over 4
miles for the run. I thought I had a
rough idea of where I was, but then 22nd Street ended too. I went right again.
I now had no idea where I was. However, I could see the street signs were
the same as those in the town of Speedway, so at least I was on track. I followed this road more and more. After a curve, I saw what I thought was
Crawfordsville Road.
It turns out this was actually Lynnhurst Road, but that is
by the track too. At least I knew where
I was now and how to get back to the camper.
I took a left and continued on through.
I then made the right on to 20th Street.
I was now just a few blocks from finishing up. I cruised on in to the campground. I was approaching mile 6. Amazingly, I basically hit that point right
at my camper.
I was sweaty and sore from doing more road miles than I’m
used to. However, I got the run in. It was good to get out there. I added miles without getting totally lost,
so I can’t complain.
I’m probably not going to run again until Saturday. I have no mileage plan for that. I’m hoping to run at Shades State Park. It is supposed to be a cool place. It is an hour away and I think a $9 entry
fee, so we’ll see what I decide.
5.99 miles - 56:31 (9:26 pace) 59 feet of elevation gain
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