Night run: running in the moonlight

Hello!

So today, on the last day of summer, I’m here to tell you about my latest running event and the last sports event of the summer and probably of this year as well. Here we go!

I’ve started participating in running marathons in 2013 and last Friday’s ORION Night Run (official page) was my 16th running event, however, it was the first of its kind. I have previously only taken part in daytime runs, so running during the night was an interesting experience. ORION run was also a charity run and those always make me feel good about myself. This time, the athletes raised money for children from poor families, so that they would be able to buy school supplies.

Around 700 people ran the 8 km distance. We started and finished the distance in Nemunas island, but the majority of the route was located in the Old Town of Kaunas. Since the roads in the Old Town are made from stones, it was very dangerous to run on them, since you couldn’t see properly. The organizers have lighted the route to the best of their abilities, but it still was too dark in some places. Luckily, I neither broke nor sprained my feet.

We set off at around 9.20 pm and I, personally, finished the distance at around 10.10 pm, so it was pretty dark by then. My time was definitely not the best one in my 2 years of amateur running, but, more importantly, I’ve enjoyed running those 8 km immensely. I’ve missed that feeling of loving to run and not needing to force myself to run faster.

Since I’ve moved to Scotland, I won’t be able to participate in the autumn running events in my hometown of Kaunas (Kaunas has like 4 different running competitions in October only, so I’m missing a lot). However, I would like to participate in a marathon in Aberdeen, so if any of you know about upcoming running events in this northern harbor of Scotland or any other city near it, please let me know. Thanks and Bye!

Some photos from the event:

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