It was not a total loss, I did enjoy it to a certain extent. It is difficult to keep count of how many laps I have done. 1 km is 4.4 laps which means to run 8 km I need to do 35.2 laps. I have developed a technique wherein i hold the number of completed laps in my head, starting with the number zero in my head for the first lap and not putting the number “one” in my head until I actually complete the first lap and am starting on the second. I keep the number “1″ in my head until I actually pass the start line and only then do I increment the number to “2″. It is not as easy as it sounds, especially after 23 laps. My mind drifts away and a cacophony starts in my head, “was that 23 or 24 laps I just finished?” I begin to think that in only 3 more laps I will be halfway, that is 18 laps or so and then I suddenly forget if I’ve just done 16 laps, or was I just anticipating completing my 16th lap? I would have to say the error is probably plus or minus one lap. If I am truly not sure, then I usually round the number down. I never round it up.
Then things get really crazy like, 2, 27, 18, 99 screaming through my brain in some diabolical plot to make me forget what the real number is. Sigh… I actually like running laps on a measured track once a week. Don’t ask me why.
