I thought my GPS had gone to Garmin heaven. It wouldn't turn on and even when I put it on the cradle it wouldn't charge or connect to the computer. Fortunately this is the 21st century and we have the Internet. I binged 'Garmin Forerunner 305 dead' and came up with a link that told me how to reboot the thing. I tried the soft reboot first and nothing happened. Then I tried a hard reboot by pressing the power and mode buttons at the same time and it beeped and sprung to life! The device asked me if I wanted to erase all the data on it and I said no, which turned out to be the wrong answer. It shut down again and I couldn't turn it on again.
At that point I thought maybe I'd killed it. I tried the hard reboot again and it didn't work. I set it down for a few minutes and then tried once more, and it worked. This time I answered 'Yes' to delete the data and from then on it's been good. I transferred today's workout as well as Saturday's to it, and it asked me if I wanted to copy the profile from my computer to replace the one on the Garmin. I said yes, because the one on the Garmin was a default. Today's run seemed to go without a hitch, at least as far as my GPS goes.
The run itself was not good, though. I started out running into the wind, which was a good choice, but I'm still not 100%. Too many nights of interrupted sleep and a case of allergies is wearing me down. I did two and a half mile repeats, finishing at 4.5 miles. Work is wearing me out as well, and I can't seem to get ahead. Plus I'll be out of town next week, so there's a lot to do in the next several days. I felt relaxed on the repeats, particularly into the wind, but it just sapped what little strength I had too quickly. This wind reminds me of the Big D marathon last year in Dallas, and it makes me glad I'm not running it this year. Ugh, that was a killer.
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