running
I went running around Margaret Island tonight. I had a good pace for the first 4 kilometers, and I picked up my speed for the final 1.5 kilometers. The last 1 km is really dark. There are no lights and lots of big trees. I could hardly see, so I decided to close my eyes while I was running. My goal was to close my eyes until I got really nervous about running into a tree or something. Don’t worry, there were no collisions. Of course, I could only keep my eyes closed for 4-5 seconds. But hey, that’s a long time when your running. And somehow I stayed in the middle of the track. It was so cool. But don’t try this at home.
August 27th, 2006 02:53
I do that all the time when I am running, and sometimes walking in hallways. I always aim for 20 steps. Scary but liberating
August 27th, 2006 20:42
Dude. 20 steps is insane! That would be at least 10 seconds.
Well, I’m thinking that we should add this event to the decathalon and thus create a hendecathalon (11 events). I’d like to see a bunch of guys sprinting down the track with their eyes closed.
August 29th, 2006 03:04
It’s funny you mention this because I was running near my dad’s in Kansas City today. I was on a greenway that was very dark with the overcast pre-sunrise sky. I kept wondering if I was going to smack into a tree branch, but I never had the guts to close my eyes. I will try that on my next greenway run, but only on one that I’m familiar with.
August 30th, 2006 23:29
Hey, I went running again last night. 13 steps.