Night Run

Today's training run was at 6:30 pm at Heather's Farm Park, which is right by our house.  The trail doesn't have lights, so I finally gave in and bought a headlamp so I don't run into a ditch.  Now I'm the ultimate running nerd.  I bought the Petzl Tikka Plus after reading a few running discussion boards online.  It's pretty lightweight and is really bright.  I highly recommend it.  I bought mine at Sports Basement and got 10% off with my gym membership, so it was only about $32.

Today I ran with one of the Team in Training veterans who has run a ton of marathons.  He is much faster than me (runs a 4 hour marathon), so I had to push myself pretty hard.  We ran 5 miles in 40 minutes and had a huge hill right at the turnaround point.   I almost didn't make it because of a last minute work meeting, but I'm really glad that I did.  If I had missed it, I probably would have gone home and eaten Thin Mints instead (I love Girl Scout cookie season).  I'm very bad at self-motivation.  I need the team to keep me going.

My legs are still sore from Tuesday's hill sprints so I'm really looking forward to tomorrow's rest day!  Then we have a long run on Saturday.  I think that we are doing 11-12 miles, but hopefully it won't be as hilly as last Saturday!   And on Sunday I can FINALLY sleep in.