Saved by the 10 Percent Rule

This weekend's running came out looking nothing like what I had planned. Well at least Saturdays no running. I was planning on running the Run the Woodlands 5k series but slept in until almost 9.... very late indeed for me.
I was up before 6 this morning and headed up to Huntsville State Park for my long run. I had just finished my coffee when I saw flashing lights up ahead. There is construction in the area but it looked to me like the lights were right in the middle of the interstate. Turns out they were. I had to exit for a hundred yards or so and got right back on the interstate. They had cops at both the exit and entrance.... I wasn't sure what they were doing. A few miles later, a message board on the interstate was displaying an "Elderly missing" notice along with a license plate number and a while olds cutlas vehicle description. I guess they were rerouting traffic at the particular construction point to get a look at vehicles. Early Sunday morning didn't have much traffic. The message was still on the boards on my return to the Houston area.
I had originally planned on running 13 miles this weekend to get to my race mileage 2 weeks before my race. Next weekend will be a 12 mile week and then taper to race day. I carry 36 ounces of hydration wearing a fuel belt on my long run; that usually last me the 9 something miles that I've been running. Before hitting the trails this morning, I ran 2 miles on the roads at Huntsville State Park so that I could drink and then stop and pick up my fuel belt for the run. Running on the road was nice and I did notice that my speed is much faster on the road compared to the trails. It will be interesting to see how that translates in Parkersburg in less than 2 weeks.
Running the 2 miles before the trails and my normal 9.25 trail route got me 11.25 miles this morning. I decided to call it quits at 11 as I looked like I had fallen in the lake plus I had already exceeded a 10% increase in last weeks mileage. Next time I'll need to run any extra mileage before I hit the trails.
I won't be back to Huntsville for 5 or 6 weeks now as I've got next week running from home, Parkersburg 1/2 the next week, next week at home and the next week in Seattle. That will be my longest break from the trails in quite some time.