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[Posting on behalf of /u/Percinho who I presume is busy building a garlic fortress to keep out the vampires on this spooky night]
Anyone ever get lost in a race before?
Yes! The other week I did a local 10k trail run (which was flooded knee deep in places!). I had the route on my watch and i swear I followed it correctly but in the last couple of km I (and the 3 others I led astray) lost all the signs and we came to the finish line in a totally different direction to everyone else! We did 11km in the end.
My story - I did a Halloween 5k that had monsters out running around the spooky woods. I got scared by a zombie and totally ran off the wrong direction. Added at least a quarter mile to my 5k before I figured out where I was. Did not PR in that race.
yes, too many times. I somehow end up running by myself a lot.
Sadly, yes. Once in a marathon which turned into my first ultra! (~28). Once in a 25K so 15.5 turned into an 18.6. I’m laughing now but they were painful