MYLAPS Experience Lab 2025-09-15T07:31:50Z

Icicles hung like shattered glass from the fire escape when I laced up that February morning, my breath crystallizing before it even left my mask. Training for Boston meant logging miles when thermometers screamed stay inside, but nothing prepared me for the -25°C wall that hit me at kilometer three. My phone screen frosted over, gloves too thick to swipe properly - until Run Ottawa's one-tap emergency route flared to life like a bonfire in the digital darkness.

Rain lashed against my face as I stood shivering at 6,000 feet, staring at a screen that promised safety while my gut screamed danger. Six hours earlier, I'd bounded into the Rocky Mountain trailhead with foolish confidence, my phone loaded with what I called "the outdoor bible" - Run Ottawa's trail feature. That hubris evaporated when the granite cliffs swallowed GPS signals like black holes swallowing light.

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