Run from Radda at 6am. It was dark the entire run. This would ordinarily be fine, but we did the canal section which was really, really dark. The footing wasn't so great, but we all survived. The mansion tour was enjoyable, as we were cracking jokes about the spooky setting. . . .a couple of the gigantic, castle-like houses were lit in such a way that they looked a bit like they might belong to Count Dracula. Did not encounter any actual vampires, to my knowledge. However, while crossing a soccer field behind an elementary school, a golden retriever appeared out of nowhere and scared Aimee Larkin pretty good. Her greatest fears while running are dogs, vagrants, and flashers. On the return part of our loop I ran 6 strides of about 150-200m each, at 90% intensity to work on the form. I want to feel lighter when running. I need to get forward my lean and push off just right. I saw some pictures from St. George and was doing a lot of heel-striking. That could have just been the downhill, but it is something to be conscious about.
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