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Confessions of a Homeschool Dad
Jul. 18, 2006
Running Until Morning, pt. 6
DON'T LET THE DARKNESS OVERCOME YOU
I found out pretty quickly that I had to be careful about when I was running. Sometimes, after the nice, downhill side of another hill, I would stop and rest up for the next leg.
Unfortunately, I'd get lazy and sit there all day. Since it was almost night, I thought I'd wait until morning to start off again.
Boy, was that a mistake.
All I'll say is that bad things happen in the darkness. Things that make me happy to see the morning light again.
The trouble is that, sometimes, it seems like midday and a second later, it's dusk. While that's really strange, I've learned that if I'm not running by the time dusk comes, that I'd better start right away if I don't want the darkness to overcome me.
It may be harder to run at dusk, and I may have to run longer, but as long as I avoid the darkness, it's all worth it.
I think I'm getting better at recognizing the signs of the setting sun so that I don't have to go "all out" at dusk, but I still get caught standing still at dusk from time to time.
That's how I got to where I am today.
TOMORROW: THE LONG DUSK (THE LAST PART!)
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