Allison's Big Toe

RIP Garmin Forerunner 305 :(

Never. Leave. An. Expensive. Electronic. Gadget. On. Top. Of. Your. Car. 

You will forget about it, drive off, and let it slide down the back window and out into the fast moving freeway to be lost forever. Well, that’s what happened to me anyway after a run last weekend. I had been in a rear-end car accident the week before, so when I heard a strange clunking noise from the back of my car as I was driving home from the run, I figured something fell off as a belated result of the accident. But no, it was the Garmin bumping off my bumper. At least that’s what I think happened. My husband and I drove the section of the freeway where I heard the noise probably 10 times, trying to see it on the side of the road, but it was just too dangerous to go any more slowly, and I couldn’t get out and walk it on foot. Such a stupid mistake!! Lots of foot stamping and tears ensued.

So, a wedding present from my brother that got me through training and running two half marathons and a ton of other outdoor activities is now dead on the side of the road somewhere. It seems silly to be so upset about a gadget, but it actually had a lot of sentimental value because of the places it went with me and my husband. It was a fun toy to check elevation and distance on our hikes. My natural hippie side is telling me that I lost it so I could learn to run without obsessing about my pace/mile and to just run how far I feel like running, but I haven’t gone on a run since I lost it. Now that I speedwalk 30 min. and do my workout before school every morning, I feel less motivated to run in the afternoons! But I still am interested in running the Santa to the Sea half marathon in December, so I’ll try to get back on track.