A Scary Halloween Story

So on Saturday morning (Halloween morning) I set out for an 8 mile run. My plan? To run from my house to the starting point of the Monday night OPRC runs, do the OPRC route, and then head home.

Except I got lost.

Imagine, it's Halloween. A lone woman is running through a deserted town. She's looking left and right as if she's searching for something. And then, she comes across this:



*cue screaming*

Okay, not really. I just missed a turn and couldn't quite figure out where I needed to go in order to pick the original route back up. But I knew vaguely where I was. So I just kept going. And I'm glad I did because if I'd run my regular route I'd never have come across that house and their amazing Halloween display. Seriously, the photos do not do it justice.

I mean, you can't even see the zombie Michael Jackson singing and dancing in the little hut in the front yard.

Anyway, it was a good run. And, interestingly enough, I came across this house just after the 10K mark. The 10K mark that came at 58:20. Oh yeah. If I don't get under an hour at this race next Sunday I'm gonna be ticked!

I had a weird pain in the arch of my right foot about mile 5 but it worked itself out. Good thing, too. I had a full day ahead of me and I didn't want to spend it hobbling around. Being Halloween and all, my husband and I went to see Paranormal Activity in the afternoon. I'm not sure my heart was beating that fast during my run!

We also attended a Halloween party later that evening. I seriously thought about going as Kara Goucher but ended up going as a different kind of racer. Jason, as always, was my pit crew:



So, yeah, a great run to start out a great Halloween. How was yours?

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Stats

Activity Route: -- Elev. Avg: 627 ft Location: Forest Park, IL Elev. Gain: +0 ft Date: 10/31/09 Up/Downhill: [+65/-65] Time: 08:06 AM Difficulty: 2.4 / 5.0   Weather: Partly Cloudy   42 F temp; 70% humidity   42 F heat index; winds W 15 G 23 Performance Distance: 8.27 miles Time: 1:18:28 Speed: 6.3 mph Pace: 9' 29 /mi Calories: 980 Map   Elevation (ft)   Pace (min/mile)   Splits Mile Pace (min/mile) Speed (mph) Elevation Gain actual +/- avg actual +/- avg 1 9' 37 +0' 08 6.2 -0.1 +3 ft 2 9' 19 -0' 10 6.4 +0.1 +6 ft 3 9' 33 +0' 04 6.3 -0.0 0 ft 4 9' 24 -0' 05 6.4 +0.1 0 ft 5 9' 14 -0' 15 6.5 +0.2 -9 ft 6 9' 26 -0' 03 6.3 +0.0 +16 ft 7 9' 26 -0' 03 6.3 +0.0 -3 ft 8 9' 34 +0' 05 6.3 -0.1 -16 ft end 10' 26 +0' 57 5.8 -0.6 +3 ft Versus average of 9' 29 min/mile

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