I've been wondering what to do about getting my runs in. It is now too dark in the mornings (a) I seem to be in hibernation mode and am finding it extremely difficult to wake up in the mornings and (b) all the running routes I know are not very well lit - in fact, not lit up at all!
It will soon be too dark when I get home from work to go out then, so I have decided to join the local jogging club. They meet on Tuesdays and Thursdays 6.30 pm. I will then have a bit of company on those dark runs and they will also take me on routes previously unknown to me.....
I was intending to go along this evening, but the weather has been absolutely fantastic today so I decided to get a run in after work. It is still mild enough to be running in shorts and t-shirt - can you believe that!?
I took the pace easy and checked at the first mile marker that I was doing 9.30 pace. That's good, it felt comfortable and easy and I was really enjoying the run. The sun was out, there was a very slight breeze and the trees, Oh the trees, they looked beautiful, all golden, red and orange.
I stayed at that pace for the first couple of miles but could feel myself speeding up a bit - I let myself just go at what was comfortable - it felt so great, I love being able to run and actually enjoy it as well!
I am so excited - I have so many plans for the future.... Rhona and I are talking about "serious" training - getting in some speed work, hill work, etc....OMG just give me a nod if I get too boring, lol!
Time: 40:56
Distance: 4 1/2
About Me
- Sue
- I have been married to Steve for 30 years. He is wonderful and very patient when I pop into my craft room for "just a few minutes" and then re-appear hours later! I have two fantastic children, my daughter is 22 and my son is 20! Where has the time gone....
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2 comments:
Don't worry about having to rename your blog. I hope my own blog name will become unsuitable on Monday, and I still wouldn't want to change it.
If you want to keep on running in the dark, one solution would be to buy a headlamp. You might feel silly at first, but you soon get used to it.
Thomas, I don't think looking silly would put me off a head lamp, after all, as a runner you get used to people gawping at you! It's more the dark, I'm not good in the dark, I hear and see and imagine all sorts of things....
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