Night Run
July 18th, 2008 , 10:00 pm by Michelle Halsne
Met up with the Down Sound Racing group last night for a full moon escapade. 7 of them were in the Serene Lake at 9:00 for a mile swim. I don’t swim especially in open water especially at night, so I met them on the shore. 4 of them came on the run to complete there night time brick. Matt, straight from the airport came for the running portion. So 6 of us strapped on our headlamps and fired up the flashlights and headed out.
I thought maybe since they had just come off a long swim, I might be able to keep up with the group. They were chatting easily at this sub 8 minute pace, while I was gasping for air. I had one of those runs were nothing felt smooth or right. It could be that my normal bedtime is 9:00. However, it was way fun to run in the dark amongst the safety of 5 ironman types.
On a side note I tested out my Fenix L2D high tech flashlight totally spectacular flashlight! We could see for days with this thing. I highly recommend one not only for running but any night time activity, I think I will buy at least one more.
All in all I am glad to have run and happy to have this group of insane ultra athletes around to push my limits.
Workout:
- Type: Run
- Date: 07/18/2008
- Time: 22:00:00
- Total Time: 00:41:00.00
- Distance: 5.2 miles
- Average Pace: 7:53.06/mile
Filed under Down Sound Racing, General Cardio, Run, Running gear
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July 19th, 2008 , 9:02 am
so this is a friday night out on the town for ultra runners!? being the geek that i am i think it’s awesome. i am sure your fatigue was due to the time of day. i feel a big difference if i run (or do anything) in the evening.
July 19th, 2008 , 9:03 am
Where are you at? Was this in the Seattle area?
I was gonna ask you if you wanted to do a long run today…
July 19th, 2008 , 9:25 am
I see that you took a couple of days off from running, that’s good, to recover from your accident. Sounds like you had fun running with them! 6 days till your 50 Ultra!! Yeah!
July 19th, 2008 , 8:54 pm
Hey… Where can I get my own set of “ironman-type” guys to run with? I’d love some that run around 10:00 pace (and who wouldn’t mind carrying me home). Let me know if you hear of any!