Baby, it's cold outside

Baby, it's cold outside and I'm ready for a night run! Now it isn't nearly as cold as my peeps in Dallas will be experiencing this week, but winter has finally arrived on the Central Coast. And what do you do you celebrate the coldest temperatures of the year? You guessed it, go for a run after dark!

Unfortunately, I do not arrive home from work before the sun sets (right about 5pm this time of the year) and I haven't joined a gym yet. So my only options are to sit on my butt and catch up on "House of Cards" (extremely tempting) or go out in the cold dark wilderness and get some exercise (we do live way out in the country with wild turkeys and deer meandering about). After a couple of weeks of the former, I decided it was time for the latter. 

My husband and I have discussed running after dark together and we bought ourselves clip on night lights for Christmas. Tonight was the night we decided to try them out! Here I am decked out in my night gear wih my light clipped to the brim of my hat. Note: I do not recommend wearing all black when running at night since it makes it difficult for cars to see you (we ran on a trail, so this was not a concern tonight, plus, the back of me is lit up with reflective strips.)

Running in the dark with no overhead lights was definitely weird. While not super bright, the head light did a fine job of lighting the path. However, I found that I had absolutely no depth perception in the dark. As you well know, I tend to fall a lot, so I was concerned about that this evening. I made it through without so much as a tweaked ankle. Yay me! 

We will run again at night, but will focus our time on paved streets and the part of the trail that has a little more reliable footing. 

Miles logged: 2.0