i've gadgets & gizmos aplenty.

Worst. Jog. Ever. I don't know how people ran with no gadgets or gizmos years ago. I had my experience of that today, and I don't ever want to do that again. I learned that I cannot have my music & my smartrunner app on together when I only have 18% battery life left. I was too lazy to plug my phone in last night...bad mistake. Only a half mile in, I realized I needed to turn off my music because I wanted to keep my mileage/time going on the smartrunner. Terrible. Each step took forever. After almost 2 & a half miles in, I saw I had 2% left and needed to still jog another half mile. I stopped my smartrunner and my phone took its last breath and died. SAD! Oh, forgot to mention something...it was almost 10:30am & had to be back by 11am before my mom left since she was listening for Emmalyn while she napped.

It was 72 degrees and once my phone died, I had no idea what time it was. So I killed myself jogging, no running. I kept playing tricks on my mind. "A rabid coyote is chasing you." "A bad guy is chasing you." That worked for a time...but eventually, I was just too tired to even play mind tricks. I had to keep going at that pace because I just knew it had to be 11am. I ran over 3 miles in less than 30 minutes, but I have no proof since my gadget died. :/ Oh, well. I made it by 11am. I practically fell into the house with super red face, hair plastered to my face, and sticky clothes. The shower after was life-changing. Lessons learned: gadgets are awesome when charged and never plan a run under time constraints.