Another "Wrong" day when the run didn't go as expected.
Another very warm and humid day that got me a little phobic running out ... π
And so I decided to run where there could be covers. I planned to run to Sembawang area again, and to make a turn along the river, try my luck to visit the otters, which I did in a magnificent encounter. Then I would head down to the Lower Seletar Reservoir. My aim was 18-20km.
However, it was a day full of wrongs...
It is advised not to break into a new pair of shoes on a long run, and I did just that.
Plus, paired it off with a new running bra top and, made a wrong turn at the traffic junction that made me breathe in dust along the construction site of a highway, when I was nearing the end of the journey.
However, it was usually the wrongs that made us learn and do more rights the next time.
While I had to run longer to reach my end destination, I passed through where I never had, or perhaps would, if I'd done all the rights.
I experienced more patches of greens, saw the magnitude of the highway being constructed, and experienced a different angle of the Sungei Seletar.
My new shoes gave me blisters and further shaded my problematic toenail. I'd known beforehand I shouldn't wear them over long distance running, but I didn't have time to test them othewise - the soles on my old pair were really rather flattened to hold me well for distance. But now I know the difference in toe box space between the Clifton and the Challenger ATR, and found my preference.
I didn't give much thought to my running bra top - I just wanted to feel cooler and less stuck-on from my tee. But I now realised, cooler could also mean less cover - especially when the sunlight is harsh. I could get bra tops that offer more protection on the back, rather than the criss-cross design that the new one came in.
The wrongs are still wrongs. But they don't have to remain forever so.
I gained new perspectives, angles and insights.
I could move on, or run on, with more wisdom and better choices the next time.
