Yesterday, I remembered how much I enjoy running at night. Last night, Joel and I were on the verge of skipping our runs. However, it was pizza night and we had about an hour to kill before the dough was fully risen and ready to bake. We decided to run even though it was pretty dark. We ran 4 miles along the beach. For the first 10 minutes, we ran at our normal pace. To spice up the run, we did some speed work or "fartleks" (swedish). We included a total of 4 speed intervals -- one minute at a full speed and 2 minutes at recovery speed. After the fourth interval, I was pretty winded. The final 10 minutes we returned to our normal pace and had the opportunity to relish our night running experience. The night was cool and quiet and we had the road to ourselves. I felt a strange strength or energy as I was running in the night. I felt like a Nike commercial! It was a fantastic feeling.
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