RunningAHEAD - Topic: WHEN to run?

esq.

posted: 10/12/2007 at 5:57 PM

I leave for work at 7:15 a.m. I get home from work at 6:30 p.m. It doesn't get light until around 7:00 a.m. It starts getting dark around 6:45 p.m. It's too dangerous to run around here outside when it's dark .... am I stuck with the dreadmill until Spring? Cry

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#2867

posted: 10/12/2007 at 6:11 PM

Quote from trishierunner on 10/12/2007 at 5:57 PM:

It's too dangerous to run around here outside when it's dark .... am I stuck with the dreadmill until Spring?

Headlamp + reflective vest + blinking red light strapped to your arm It works wonders for making you seen. I bought an 8 LED red blinker for my bike, and attach it to a strap to my arm.

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RunChicRun

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posted: 10/12/2007 at 6:16 PM

Yeah, but I don't know that it's being seen that Trish is worried about. Wink

I'm with ya, Trish. What's a girl to do?!

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rockenmamaof5

posted: 10/12/2007 at 6:29 PM

Quote from Run To Win on 10/12/2007 at 6:11 PM:

Headlamp + reflective vest + blinking red light strapped to your arm It works wonders for making you seen. I bought an 8 LED red blinker for my bike, and attach it to a strap to my arm.

Add pepper spray and that's what I'll be doing! Sorry to hear you don't have that option Tricia and Deb Sad

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trishierunner

esq.

posted: 10/12/2007 at 6:32 PM

Quote from Run To Win on 10/12/2007 at 6:11 PM:

Headlamp + reflective vest + blinking red light strapped to your arm It works wonders for making you seen. I bought an 8 LED red blinker for my bike, and attach it to a strap to my arm.

Yeah, I don't WANT to be seen Tongue

.... Baltimore has one of (the?) highest crime rates in the country. We had a double homicide on our corner a couple of months ago. Nice. Looks the TM until Spring!

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trentman359

posted: 10/12/2007 at 9:32 PM

Ya, I've been getting depressed about this all week. I used to love to run in the dark but that was when I lived somewhere else and I had a nice lonely path. I'm just going to fight through it. At least I have two days a week that I can run with some light. Cool

smitty42

posted: 10/13/2007 at 9:44 AM

I think I may change my running schedule. I used to have Sunday as a rest day. Now I may make that a running day and have Monday as a rest day. Then I'll only have two days a week on the TM. I must repeat (fake it till I make it) - the treadmill is my friend, the treadmill is my friend.

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Chenille

posted: 10/13/2007 at 12:49 PM

Trishie - do you have any indoor tracks you could get to? I used one last winter - 7 laps per mile - makes you a little dizzy after awhile, but at least it was a break from the treadmill. I also found out that our local running store hosts "run or walk with friends" one night per week on outdoor trails. Might be worth a shot to contact a running store and see if they have any groups you could hook up with for a couple of your runs.

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#2867

posted: 10/13/2007 at 3:32 PM

Quote from RunChicRun on 10/12/2007 at 6:16 PM:

I'm with ya, Trish. What's a girl to do?!

One advantage to being a man. You could always get a dog, I suppose...

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Christie

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posted: 10/13/2007 at 3:33 PM

I sometimes run on the school track. But most of the time I run on the indoor track at the Y. 18 times around equal a mile. I'm surprised I haven't lost my mind yet. If I do venture out, I go to the park. But that's rare. I do need to invest in pepper spray though. Where would I buy something like that?

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letchitsa1

posted: 10/13/2007 at 9:11 PM
modified: 10/13/2007 at 9:11 PM

Quote from Run To Win on 10/13/2007 at 3:32 PM:

One advantage to being a man.

Not enough of an advantage to make me want to become one. Tongue

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#2867

posted: 10/13/2007 at 9:22 PM

Quote from letchitsa1 on 10/13/2007 at 9:11 PM:

Not enough of an advantage to make me want to become one.

To which I can only reply: Outdoor plumbing!

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Chenille

posted: 10/13/2007 at 9:39 PM

Quote from Run To Win on 10/13/2007 at 9:22 PM:

To which I can only reply: Outdoor plumbing!

here you go - outdoor plumbing - I have a feeling those comments could land you in the doghouse yet again...

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rectumdamnnearkilledem

posted: 10/13/2007 at 9:50 PM

Quote from Run To Win on 10/13/2007 at 9:22 PM:

To which I can only reply: Outdoor plumbing!

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letchitsa1

posted: 10/14/2007 at 10:16 AM
modified: 10/14/2007 at 10:17 AM

Quote from Run To Win on 10/13/2007 at 9:22 PM:

To which I can only reply: Outdoor plumbing!

To which I reply: Forethought and planning forgoes the need for outdoor plumbing, even on long runs. Still not enough of an advantage. Wink

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