There are not enough hours in the day.
So I went running after T Junior went to bed. Dinner for me and Mr. T had been prepped earlier and I fed the dogs before I ran out the door and into the glow of the Christmas lights. I actually reconsidered running at night after reading a recent post by Carolina Girl and a post by Zoë in which they said they enjoyed looking at all the festive houses during an evening run.
I hadn’t thought of that. Tonight, I pulled on Mr. T’s fleece hat, my running tights and zipped into my visible raincoat. Then I made Mr. T take my picture. Here are me and my girls:
I’d completed one cul-de-sac when I stopped to re-tie my shoe. I heard a car approach (I didn’t take my Zune) and then my name.
I jerked my head up. It was our good friend in her minivan and her two young boys in their matching fleece jammies. They live one town over, but they were driving through our neighborhood to look at the Christmas lights. We chatted for a bit before continuing. For the next couple of cul-de-sacs, we kept” meeting” and waving.
It didn’t take long to regret the fleece hat. It wasn’t that cold, maybe in the 50s, and so I got hot. But I didn’t have a rubber band for my hair. Then, about 15 minutes into the run, it started to pour. Huge drops of rain splashed me in the face. I wished I’d worn a baseball hat. I was quickly getting soaked everywhere but under my rain coat. I toughed it out for another 15 and then headed home.
At first I was a little disappointed in my run because it wasn’t very long, but now I feel good for just getting out there. I hadn’t run since Sunday, so I was starting to feel anxious. I get really antsy when I don’t run for more than a couple days in a row. I know how easy it is to get “out of the habit” of something and I’m notorious for doing that.
I guess I feel like I will loose momentum if I slow down too much. Know what I mean?
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I know exactly what you mean! I've been enjoying the christmas lights on my morning runs (still dark out!). I prefer the christmas lights over the scary halloween decorations any day.
I totally hear you!! I wish running at night was an option for me here, but I'd surely get run over!!My days have been too crammed packed full of crap to get anything in. I'm crossing my fingers for tomorrow after work.
I totally know what you mean … I'm always afraid that if I take too many days off, I won't go back … I love night runs with Christmas lights! SO.MUCH.FUN.
Don't be disappointed. You still ran and that keeps the momentum going. And how cool to run at night and take in all the Christmas lights. Very cool idea… I wish I could do that.
I went running for the first time oustide at night and it made my run so much more enjoyable with all of the beautiful lights!
My neighbor and I love to do our 3 1/2 mile walk after dark during Christmas time. Walking the streets is the best vantage point to see everyone's trees in their homes and smell the aroma of food cooking from their kitchens. We make a game of “guess what they're having for dinner”. Most of the time we guess the same thing! It's so disappointing to walk after dark once the holiday lights are packed away but, luckily, the smells are always there!
Well done for getting out there and what a fabulous idea to run around near the christmas lights. I'm definitely going to do that one night when I'm home with my parents.Have a lovely Christmas!
I am so totally doing a night run this weekend b/c of this post!
I'm in the same boat except I haven't been able to run since Saturday. Unfortunately our area is not a place we can run at night 🙁
checking out the Xmas lights during a run is a great idea!! I shoulda been checking them a lot more during my very unplanned walk in the dark tonight, but i'll save that story for tomorrow's post 🙂
Uh oh, Mel. That doesn't sound good.
There's nothing quite like some Christmas Light gazing. 🙂 You're right though…you got out there!