Night running

An article about night running captured my attention two months ago. More people have become fascinated by the idea of running at night and enjoying the quiet moment themselves. It is always a challenge to me for even running in a gym, so the idea of running in the street dreads me a lot. I was in my favourite park near the sea in Mid-Autumn festival. It was very packed but the weather was perfect with cool sea breeze. Apart from families lighting up candles and savouring moon cakes, runners were crazily running in circle. The weather is perfect for one to lie on the grass reading or watching people having fun. Of course, the article I read moves me a bit but I still need a stronger force to push me going out and running on the street. Maybe the perfect weather combined with the beloved park inspires me to start running. So after I bought the "gear" - new lighter sports shoes with better cushioning, and an arm belt for putting my iphone, I was willing to give it a try. But I was yet ready for that park as the runners are too "professional". I chose a much smaller park close to my place to commence this new mission. It was my second run tonight. There were only two other women who tried to run very slowly. I'm not the slowest runner! Four old men walked around the park, and three cat feeders exchanged conversation at another corner. As I ran into another corner, I saw some old men betting on a Chinese chess game. After all, it is a small park and only a few people, especially old men are in the park at the night time. I didn't count how many circles I ran but I found it easier to run in this small park than on the treadmill. It probably takes me months to run in this park before I feel comfortable enough to move onto my favourable park but I'm happy to kick start it. I hope I can have legs like runners one day!

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