Thursday, September 17, 2009

Running out of Daylight

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Well, I was going to use this headline another time, but something else won out back then. And tonight it applied. Matter of fact, maybe even tonight it should have been running WITHOUT daylight, cause that's what it was.

I knew it would be a late run in the dark tonight. I had a meeting after work and knew that by the time I got home, my wife would be ready to leave for her meeting and I'd be home watching kids. I couldn't let that stop me from getting out though, and so once I got the kids to bed, I got ready so that as soon as my wife got home, I could head out. She didn't get back until around 9 PM, and sunset tonight was around 8:30 tonight, so by the time she got here, the daylight was gone. I had to go anyway.

When I took off, I was going to run my perfect loop, but changed my mind on the route part of the way through due to a lack of street lights along part of that route. It's nice to always have other options.

Overall, the run felt pretty good. I ran the full 30 minutes without problems and walked home after that 30 minutes ran out. Went a total of 3.11 miles during that 30 minutes, and then walked .29 miles more to get back home.

Total Stats -- 36:05; 3.4 Miles; Avg Speed -- 5.7 MPH (6.3 MPH while RUNNING, and ran 3.11 miles in 30 minutes of running.; Max speed 9.2 MPH, Avg Heart Rate -- 161 BPM; Max Heart Rate -- 176 BPM.

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