Parting is Such Sweet Sorrow

Sad sad news to report today. It looks like my Garmin has died. On Saturday I was out for a run and tornado sirens started blaring in all directions. It then started raining hard, but I was still about 20 minutes from home. So by the time I got home I was soaking wet and sweaty. I quickly jumped in the pool to try and cool off, and in the process forgot to take off my Garmin. The stupid thing wasn't in the pool for more than 5 seconds. I quickly turned it off and didn't wear again until monday.

Then on Monday as I was heading out for a 14 miler, I tried turning it on, but all it would do was flash on and off. I tried doing the hard reset but that didn't do anything but erase my history. So it spent the night in a bowl of rice (I've heard that will help with drying out process) and I tried it again this morning, but unfortunately, no luck this far. I guess I'll give it a few more days to dry out and if no improvement is shown, I'll give it a proper burial. How sad.

Yesterday was a nice 14 miler, which I have no official time for because of the aforementioned Garmin troubles. If I had to guess based on the time on the big clock by my gym, I'd say the pace was somewhere in the 6:30-6:40 range. It felt pretty good. Today was a 9 miler in the morning around a 6:40 pace (I had my regular watch for that run) and a 6 miler in the afternoon at a nice slow recovery pace.

I got some new shoes last night which are very welcome. I got the New Balance 903s and a the Brooks Burn. I've been trying to get a pair of the Brooks Burn for a while now, but since they've been discontinued I could never find them in my size. Finally I found some at EasyBay in teh clearance bin and will be trying them out tomorrow. If they feel anywhere near as good as the New Balance that I wore today, I'll be a happy camper.