4:48 a.m.

According to the suns and normals page for Toronto, the sun rises at 5:47 a.m., which is early enough for an early morning run. But to get a 10 miler in and out the door for work at 6:30 a.m., it meant I had to get out there much much earlier.

Which is why I found myself starting my run in the dark this morning, hitting the start button on the Garmin at 4:48 a.m. and started what was a pretty memorable run

My run, in point form:

• it was very cool, in fact 14 degrees at 5 a.m.
• it's more than a little creepy to run in what is usually a fairly busy trail in the dark
• wonder where the seagulls go at night? I found hundreds (if not a thousand) of them in the massive parking lot of Ontario place at around 5 a.m. On my way back, they were gone, vanished
• same for Canadian geese. actually, they don't move that much
• at 5 a.m., there aren't even a lot of cyclists. I passed the first one about 4 kilometres into the run
• and no runners at all, I passed the first walkers at 6.5K and the first runner at the 8K mark near Humber Bridge
• running toward a sunrise is pretty much the major highlight
• so was being on the path earlier than those early-morning rowers on Lake Ontario
• a lot of solo runners at this time, and they all waved and nodded (I usually do anyways)
• negative splits are so much easier when you're asleep for the first 20 minutes

16.1K (10 miles) in 1:26:33, avg pace of 5:29Ks
Ran 6.5K (4 miles) on Wednesday