Keeping with my promise to try and do more happy running blogging, hee I am posting when not really following a training plan. It’s fall here and that means that darkness is creeping in more readily. We are going to turn back our clocks tomorrow which means all post work runs will be in the dark. There are the goods and bads with that in my mind. I get a bit nervous finding my footing using a handheld or headlamp. Of course as the season progresses you get better at this (aside from when it’s rainy or icy...). Also there is the fact that it seems to take just that little bit more effort to get the light and the extra clothing such that you really need to keep focus. But one thing I do like about the dark running is how small you can feel and powerful.
When it’s just your light shining your path, the world is small. Each move is limited by the beam and the noises that you here all around you grow bigger. There is such an unknown element in the dark that it makes it exciting and a little unnerving. And I like that power that comes with night running. Not everyone does it or wants to do it. You are a little more unique during those runs I think and I enjoy that because it shows the world that dark and cold can’t stop you.
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