This Is My Faster!: The "frenemy"...

Sunday, March 8, 2015

The "frenemy"...

Ahhhhh... Daylight Savings Time, a runner's "frenemy" (remember when that was a popular word?). The great thing about daylight savings for evening runners is they have more light for their running sessions, so it's much safer to run at that time. But, "for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction". Daylight savings makes running in the morning more challenging because now we morning runners have to wait until there is at least a glimpse of light in the early morning sky. So I waited for that this morning while monitoring the precipitation situation...

Eventually (about 21 minutes later) there was enough light for me to head out safely for my run. I decided to do a neighborhood route this morning (instead of my usual boardwalk-by-the-beach route). I got a mile into my run before I felt (what I will politely refer to as) "abdominal discomfort". Fortunately I was running a 3 mile loop that circled back to my car so I decided to break up my run into two parts.

Part 1 summary...

I took a few "time-lapse" videos for fun during the first part of my running session. The time-lapse makes me seem like a "sprinter" because I zip by so fast :) but there were a few frames that I really liked...

I still have a pretty bad heel strike...

(sorry for the blurry pics)

After a "mini-break" at home I completed the second part of my run in my neighborhood. The sky was still overcast but the rain hadn't started so I figured I might as well take advantage of the "overcast but precipitation free" weather.
Part 2 summary...