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Right. So here are some things I’ve discovered:

  1. Running 4 miles is infinitely harder than running 7 miles. I don’t know why.
  2. I’m injured. Right behind the ball of my right foot. Pain. Considerable pain. I think it may be time for new shoes.
  3. Creepy people sometimes hang out in the park at night.

More on that last point.

It was dark out and I was finishing up my run by heading through a park near my home. Suddenly, a man appeared along the side of the trail, standing under a lone street lamp.* He was just standing there, shirtless, slowly scratching his hairy chest.

On a creepiness scale I’d rank it at at least an eight. (A nine would have been if he was wearing some kind of mask and a 10 would have been if he was eating raw meat.)

I finished my loop around the park and was heading back the way I came. He was still there. Just standing in the light from the street lamp, slowly scratching his shirtless chest, watching me as I ran by.

Well, gotta go. Sweet dreams everyone.

* OK. He didn’t just POOF! appear, but I didn’t notice him until I was right next to him which had the same effect on my heart rate.