Running Upwards Along a River in Morges at Dawn

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Some people were watching the football last night. Others were working towards qualifying enough hearing loss at a music festival to get hearing aids. I decided that on Friday morning I would wake around 04:30 to run in Morges at 06:00. Many would see waking so early as a crazy and absurd thing to do.

It is crazy and absurd. It requires trying to sleep early, despite a heatwave, summer festivals, football supporters standing in a garden nearby, and then waking early. Those that know me will know that the hard part, for me, is not waking, it is staying awake for the rest of the day.

One of the things I mentioned above makes waking so early to run brilliant, rather than absurd. The Canicule, or heat wave, if you prefer English. At 5:50 it already started to feel “warm” and by the end of the run we were all glowing, or sweating, depending on your point of view.

The run today had the goal of getting away from the moucherons, or midges. It involved running up along a river and eventually turning to follow the Chemin des Anes. I find the name interesting. It implies that there were mills or something of this type along the route.

When I looked at the route. If we had continued climbing, then we would have got to Vufflens-Le-Chateau, which is a destination I’d like to reach while running.

This run was strenuous because the first part was uphill along the river, sometimes up the side, rather than stairs, and other times up the stairs. The route is physical.

Every time I run with this group my knowledge of Morges expands.