Running In The Dark
Last night I had a nice, if unexceptional, training run. I did 5 (maybe 6 - I'm notorious for sloppy counts) laps of my local park starting at about 8:30PM. That put another 4 miles into my training log. I did a hard 10K racewalk on Sunday and my legs have been rebelling a bit (gotta stretch more!). This park closes at dark, but in conversations with cops, they've said essentially, "If you seem to have business here, were not going to be too aggressive about throwing you out." So, around I went. During my time there, it was quite pleasant. We had a full moon six days ago, and the clear skies were letting in the moon's reflected light. The temperature was probably ±25°F with the breeze making it feel like ±18°F. I was probably dressed a bit too warmly, the hat and double gloves letting me sweat a bit. I was utterly alone; no dog walkers, no police, no drive-thrus, just me. It was really quite nice...now if only I could do something about the cars passing constantly on the road outside the park.
All this said, I had a carless road, and cold, pleasant night, and solitude. If my legs hadn't been unhappy, I could have run for hours like that. It was really nice.
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