Week 4 Day 2

[rmc28]

Success!

Went out last night at about 9pm and was slightly worried that it would be too cold, but in fact it was fine.  I think this is the first time I really enjoyed the session.  When I started the first run it all felt fluid and right in a way I didn't expect.  I still got out of breath, sore in the legs, slightly stitchy at one point, but I came back home feeling relaxed and exercise-happy.

I ran noticeably less far than on Sunday and RunKeeper recorded a slower pace, but the session felt much better.

Comments

[liv]

Ooh, that's brilliant, so nice that you enjoyed the run and it felt fluid. Are you just relying on street lights or do you have a lamp / head torch of some kind?

[rmc28]

Running in my local streets, I just rely on street lights. It's a very safe-feeling area and I know it very well, the streets are lit mostly with sodium lights but there's enough of them that I don't seem to have dark patches, and if I want to keep up running on weekdays during the next few months at least some of it will have to be in the dark. So it was good to find that this was bearable.

I do have a head-torch but would rather not wear it running. I was wondering vaguely about attaching a spare LED bike light to my bumbag for visibility to others out and about in the dark.