Strides in the dark -- Tue. August 26

A useful day at the office needed a good ending, and I knew I'd not be able to run Wed. evening, so I went out once I got home. It was cool and nice to run, under a big and brightly starry sky -- going along the open bit just before the farmhouse at the end of Rural Rd I ran looking upwards, and it felt as if I could have run on up into the sky, leaving the horizon way below, running on into outer space. Marvelous, and I wish I could have captured it somehow to share.

Headed down GeoHannum and straight along it, on to Batchelor/School (Stebbins) where I went left to 202, then left again up to Boardman. Pushing fairly hard rather than jogging, aiming to be at sub-7s for at least the first 5 miles. Boardman to GeoHannum and straight up the hill to get back to the start, stopping the clock when 8 miles rolled round:

Time: 55:37
Distance: 8.01 miles
Speed: 8.6 mph

Comment: a good hard solo run on an easy course, almost at my 'speed' pace. Lovely night, all told.