Night running

Sunshine is delicious,

Rain is refreshing,

Wind braces us up,

Snow is exhilarating,
There's really no such thing as bad weather,
Only different kinds of good weather.

-John Ruskin

I do not advocate night running for obvious safety reasons, but we had no choice today. It was really hot and humid again, and we had a lot of work to do on the house so we didn't even start our 8 miler until 8:45. For some reason running in the dark makes me feel like I'm running super fast. I think all of my track PRs occurred in the dark (well, under the lights of course) so maybe it's not an illusion and I just run faster because I'm scared of the dark.
Tomorrow I am taking the day off from running. Our training plan calls for a 9 mile run, but Pete and I need to get our house ready for guests this weekend, and I'm going to be at a track meet for most of the day. We ran a little longer today to make up for it, but there's nothing wrong with skipping a day when you need to.