Running in the Dark

During triathlon season, I reached the conclusion that the best time for me to swim was early in the mornings. And while it is debatable whether that helped me or not, given my crappy swimming times, I felt good during my early morning swims.

However, that deprived me of my favorite training activity: running early. Running at 4AM in the morning was my favorite thing to do last year, when I posted PR's in every single running race that I entered. Now that I'm back to marathon training, it feels good to run in the dark. It feels good to scare away the deer, to avoid being run over by the newspaper delivery drivers, and to see the same people go to work at the same times every morning.

Track workout today was good. The track close to E's place is on an elevation of about 20ft above street level. E failed to mention that besides being cold, it was really windy in Fort Lee this morning. And because the track was elevated, there is nothing on the way of the wind up there. So those times that she posted, were times with considerable crosswind. She did really good!