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Creature of the Night

November 17, 2019 (Night)

Exercise Type: Run

Weather: 41

Comments:
I managed to dig myself out of my depression in the wake of Elizabeth's departure, and decided I'd do The Loop, except clockwise, the wrong direction. That way, I got the most desolate parts of the run on the West side of the river accomplished earlier. I am still operating with the calf tightness, but today my legs were generally fresher, and the IT pain was gone. I thought I would be slogging through, but I just naturally accelerated around 40 minutes. I haven't been keeping tabs on how fast I've run this loop, but this one is up there, although down five seconds from 1:12:40 two Wednesdays ago (that was a way more even split). I saw a rat on the way out, and then maybe a raccoon scurry into the bushes. To top it all off, in an unlit section, some other animal seemed to jump out from the underbrush, and I'll be damned if its hoof or paw or claw didn't tap me right on the elbow. I shouted, and my blood ran cold for the next few minutes. Normally when this kind of thing happens to me, I get freaked out for the rest of the run, but thankfully I was able to relax on the better lit return trip.