i'll trick ya.

I'm running a slippery slope these days. I've discovered the joys of running at night. As in, late at night. Today, I didn't walk out the door until well past 10pm. Yesterday was about the same. There is nothing more wonderful than running in 50 degree weather (I'll even tolerate into the mid 60s). It's Spring and it's Iowa which means 50 degree weather is common... once the sun goes down.

My dad's a worst-case-scenario kind of guy... he's always been that way. So the idea of me running outdoors... at night... alone... kinda drives him nuts. I read about RoadID on someone else's blog and I knew I just had to have one for myself.

I got mine in orange too, but I promise my name isn't Tom... aaand I'm not a stroke survivor. Props to him, though.

There are two reasons I consider night running to be a slippery slope of disaster: firstly, pushing my workout until late at night increases the chances that I won't go at all. That's bad news. Secondly, running in the dark is seriously dangerous. Fo' reals.

My crazy schedule sometimes dictates when I get to exercise, and sometimes 10pm is the only choice. And when that happens... I dress in white, wear my RoadID, leave MapMyRun.com up on my computer in case my boyfriend has to follow the route to collect my body parts, and pray to Jesus that he doesn't actually have to do that.

Oh, and I blast Blondie as I ride run out to the sunset complete and utter darkness. Oh, what I do for endorphins.