Well, this wasn't a run, but was a hike that turned into a 10K walk on the road..
My husband came home early and we decided to go to one of the local conservation land trails in the next town. It's about 4 miles from my house. We have been on this trail lots of times, but mostly we go with friends. It's confusing; there are several exit points where you can go in and out, not at the point where we parked. The trails go in concentric circles, too. You're never more than half a mile from houses, but you feel like you are deep in the woods. We had gone about 2 miles when we realized we were not where we thought. We both had our GPS's on, but even though we had marked the start point, the trail ended and somehow, we were backtracking.I did not want to bushwhack, since there was a lot of water. So, I thought it would be good to leave the trail and walk into the neighborhood I saw. Unfortunately, it was not the street I thought it was, which would have been about 1.5 miles from the trail head. So, in Massachusetts, there is a long tradition of not putting street signs for the street you are on. At intersections, there is a sign for the street that is off of the street you are on. Essentially, we had no idea where we were. It was a development, with homes built on common land; I have been in a lot of places in this town, since my kids went to school there, but as we started walking, I saw no familiar street names. Finally, after a few turns, I saw a street I knew, that gave me a clue to the name of the development. Except, we had no idea how to get out of there, onto a main street! And, we were about 4-5 miles from the car! Finally, I remembered dropping one of my kids off at house there about 10 years ago, and we got out to route 2A. Thankfully, there is a sidewalk because, by now, it was rush hour. By now, we both had feet that were hurting, but we hiked up Strawberry Hill Rd. to Pope Rd., with only a little part with a sidewalk, lots of cars, and rush hour on a narrow country road. Much better on a bike.
6.3 miles and some very tired hips!