It is 8:20 am on a beautiful, hot summer day here in Blacksburg, Virginia. I haven't woke up this early all summer but I'm about to go run up a mountain with a friend, so it's worth it. Last night I went on a Midnight run for the first time. I've gone on a 5 in the morning run before because it was the indoor season my senior year and we had to get 2 runs in one day, but a Midnight run is completely different. Firstly, you don't have the sun coming up so you can't see anything. Secondly, it's a lot cooler to run in the dead of night. Thirdly, you get people to stare out their windows because they think you're a thief or something. So why do it? Well, I needed to go on a run and I ran out of time to do it in the day. See yesterday was very busy. I woke up, ate breakfast, went to the movie and lunch with my brother, bought his b-day present, got home and hung out with Susanna, ate dinner, played this awesome video game with my brother's best friend and his older brother which is one of my good friends, made cookies which we ate before we baked, played more video games, then the friends went home and finally, I could go on my run. It was quite the adventure, running into complete blackness with a few stars to guide your path. My eyes completely suck and when I don't have my glasses I have to squint to see far away (you've probably seen this if you have hung out with me). But it's even worse at night and every little shadow looked like a trash can I was about to hit. But alas! I didn't hit anything and got to see one of the coolest night skies I have seen in awhile. Plus it was a lot cooler. The down side? Can't really get a tan from starlight although that would be cool to say you have starburn instead of sunburn. Although that sounds really nedry but whatever. So go on a Midnight run; maybe with a friend so you don't get scared because in pitch blackness you have no idea what's going to pop out at you.
