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Tackling Another Evening Speed Work Training Run

ByTim Nolte
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After a long day of hanging out with the family and driving home from Ohio I managed to get out and get my training run done for the day. I wasn’t sure if I was going to have it in me to get the run done. It was only a 30 minute run so I figured it wouldn’t be all bad. I generally hate doing evening runs, as I prefer an early morning run to start off the day. I’m actually not a morning person at all but I hate the feeling of supper sitting in my stomach during a run.

All things considered, even meeting up with a skunk on the trail, the run went as well as can be expected. I’m just glad I got out there and got it done.

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  3. @tim wait. 18,000 lumens?! EIGHTEEN THOUSAND — isn’t that like a car headlamp??? Does this thing really put out 18,000 lumens?Aside from that — I am 100% with you on lighting up the night runs. I recently switched from the Petzl Nao+ to the Petzl IKO and I LOVE how lightweight it is. And the 100 (!!!) lumen mode is just about bright enough for trails in the dark.

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