I had an awesome 6 mile barefoot run tonight in the dark, it's been awhile since I ran in the dark. I rarely run in the evenings, but with a newborn in the house I need to get my runs in when I can.
I am normally a early morning runner, so winter time all my runs are in the dark. Summertime is different though, I have light then. Anyways something about running in the dark takes me back when I was a young kid, I always thought I could run faster in the dark.
I did some fartleks tonight from telephone pole to telephone pole. Then I ran the last mile at a 7:00 pace, first time ever I reached a 7:00 pace barefoot, pretty psyched about that.
Funny thing is I have no clue what the road ahead of me looks like, so I am super relaxed. I can be plowing through glass or whatever and have no clue. But when a car comes the headlights show everything. I caught myself tensing up at times. Actually it looks worse than it really is, I learned that last winter.
I am normally a early morning runner, so winter time all my runs are in the dark. Summertime is different though, I have light then. Anyways something about running in the dark takes me back when I was a young kid, I always thought I could run faster in the dark.
I did some fartleks tonight from telephone pole to telephone pole. Then I ran the last mile at a 7:00 pace, first time ever I reached a 7:00 pace barefoot, pretty psyched about that.
Funny thing is I have no clue what the road ahead of me looks like, so I am super relaxed. I can be plowing through glass or whatever and have no clue. But when a car comes the headlights show everything. I caught myself tensing up at times. Actually it looks worse than it really is, I learned that last winter.