This Little Light of Mine September 20, 2007
Posted by kimayars Run
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I SOOO did not want to run today. I woke up about 2am this morning unable to sleep. About 2:30 I realized I had a leg cramp, so I got up and took some Advil and had a glass of water. The last time I looked at the clock was 3am, and the next thing I knew was that my alarm went off.
Beth suggested we just get warmed up and then see where we wanted to go. She had a great suggestion because by the time we had to make a decision about where to go I was feeling much better. We did a flat 4 miles today, and threw in a loop around our Factory Outlet Mall (we have a Coach store now!) so we wouldn’t have to address the “Hill to Hemlock”.
I was most impressed with our pace. Our average pace was 11:08 due to waiting for lights to change, but when I look back at the history data, we had a few intervals at 8:50 and 9:00 miles.
I wore my little headlamp today which really helped us not kill ourselves on curbs, rocks, branches, trash, vermin… I felt like a beacon in the early morning hours, lighting our path. At one point I was wondering if Lewis and Clark felt the same way when exploring the West. Every turn seemed to light up something new, and the run just didn’t look the same as in daylight hours. Then I remembered they didn’t have batteries. Or LEDs. So no, probably wasn’t the same. (Man, do I need some sleep.) The lamp was significantly dimmer by the time we got back so the return trip was a tad more treacherous. I need to remember to get a battery today for next week.
Workout:
- Type: Run
- Date: 09/20/2007
- Time: 05:30:00
- Total Time: 00:47:20.00
- Average Heart rate: 140
- Max Heart rate: 172
- Calories: 512
- Distance: 4.25 miles
- Average Pace: 11:07.9/mile
- Ascent: 1,079 ft
- Descent: 1,133 ft
Comments
Good luck on your race! I admire you for getting out there so early!