So it was another Kansas weekend for me. I left Thursday night, got there around 2030. I sot up this morning and planned on running 7miles. I hadn’t done a long run in two weeks (slacker), so 7 sounded good. I was given simple directions from my friend (Derick) on the route to take. A big square. Left on phlumm, Left on 75th and another left on Niemann. I brought my hand held bottle with just water, mind you I only planned on 7. So I am running down phlumm, admiring the wonderful rolling hills Kansas has to offer, I pass 71st, keep going and I get all the way to 79th. Now I know I did not see a 75th. So I turn around. I shoot a text to Derick “75th right?” “yeah left on 75th” . I look at my Garmin. 6miles down. Thinking I’m lost. I thought I would just go back the way I came. A little ticked due to the fact that it’s getting hotter, and my water is running low. I wasn’t sure I could make it 12 miles. When I got back to 71st I took that instead. I went through a few neighborhoods, and eventually found my way to Niemann. Yeah. When I finished my run I had ended up doing 9.25. Derick forgot that 75th changes names at phlumm to Blackfish. I asked him if that was his secret way of telling me to run farther. Oh well It worked.
Lost in Kansas
July 11, 2008 by
