Doing it in the dark

I ran the route of the Long Mynd Valleys race last night. Actual race is in 10 days time so going it was good to get to know the route a little better, even in the dark. I was with a customer all day, so did not get started till 7.30pm, so finished about 10.15pm. So it was dark, but there was enough moon through the clouds to be able to make out the hills and route finding was no problem. One of these as a head torch does give you some confidence and makes route finding much easier. A few parts of the course are fast, but quite rocky, so a lot of light is really helpful. So a good week so far with a 1000ft on Tuesday and 4500ft last night.