Notes
I was so happy to get this run in before karate class and my commute to NYC. Unfortunately, I made a fatal mistake yesterday. I told someone I was so happy that my calves hadn't been bothering me at all. Then this morning, my right calve muscle was in significant pain, a few miles into the run. I was already headed to the turnaround point of my out-and-back, so I continued on stopping twice to stretch it out as best I could. It's quite frustrating to have to deal with this again. I managed to find a running form where I had minimal pain at strike time: hips forward and leaning back just a hair of an inch. My pace wasn't too bad considering the problems, but it was not a very happy run I'm sorry to say. Also, using my headlamp would have made things a little bit easier, but I left it behind relying on streetlights which were sparse in some places. I noticed that most 3 and 4am drivers use their high-beams constantly :)
Hopefully tomorrow is a better day for my calve muscle after a night of rest.
At least it didn't rain on me at all. But I wonder what I should check-off for night-time runs when the sky is clear, but there is no sun.