At the top of the slope up the Golden Mile in Blackpool yesterday, the route turned left to go down onto the white concrete. All I could see were a lot of bollards, some metal portable fencing, and groups of people standing around. I duly turned around and yelled, "Where do I go?" Thinking about it afterwards - to anyone standing around on the day, it's obvious. To a hot and tired runner who loses all sense of direction (it has been known for other runners to grab my shoulders and point me in the right direction) it was quite bemusing. Luckily there were enough folks left around to yell back so I found the slope.
Two weeks ago I managed to get lost in the finishing area of the St Albans Half and missed all the goodie hand-outs.
If anyone sees a short bemused looking woman in a URWFRC vest wandering around at races, do take pity on me and let me know where I should be going.
Meanwhile I'm wondering if it's just me, or if other people also lose their sense of direction? And if so, has anyone ever got lost?
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You are not alone! I get lost almost every time i go out! I run through the local common, which isn't an open bit of grass as you'd imagine, but huge, rambling beechwoods with hundreds of paths going here there and everywhere.
I ALWAYS make a wrong turn somewhere. Hubby still laughs at a Sunday morning phone call he received from me: 'Um - how well do you know Downley?' I asked him. And he had to get in the car and drive several miles to find me.
I got lost week before last when staying out in Leeds, and my short gentle run to unwind after a hard day's course turned into an 8 miler. When staying in Norfolk, a 6 miler turned into a 14 miler in the broads, and I only realised I was running in totally the opposite direction when I found some road signs. When I used to work in Hampstead and ran on the Heath in my lunch break, I got lost just about every time I went out.
HEY !! Just got that !!
Why I oughta....
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Dan get back to H&E so i can kill you. ;-)
I have not gotten lost. My reasons are two-fold. One is I am never in the lead, so someone is always in front of me. The other is I am anal about the courses, so study the course before I run. Have a great day. Have fun!
Ooooops !
My planned 15 minutes turned into about 45. Doesn't seem like much now, but very nearly killed me at the time.
However, I've got lost many times during orienteering races, especially in Switzerland, go figure that one out! I think it's being too eager to get to the next control point and not bothering to count how far I've gone, or else going direct cross-country on a compass bearing and not paying proper attention to 'drifting' left or right of the bearing. It's amazing how alike heather bushes on a mountainside are!
I like getting lost on training runs it adds to the excitement and bumps up the mileage.