{"id":18013,"date":"2025-10-17T12:03:38","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T10:03:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.main-vision.com\/richard\/blog\/?p=18013"},"modified":"2025-10-17T12:03:38","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T10:03:38","slug":"the-nocturnal-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.main-vision.com\/richard\/blog\/the-nocturnal-run\/","title":{"rendered":"The Nocturnal Run"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading Time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

Last night, as I finished dinner I noticed that others were out so I joined them within twenty minutes or so. That wasn’t fast enough. They had decided to call it a night. As this impacted my mental health I decided to go for a run.<\/p>\n

Often you see people are out, and you know they might call it a night by the time you get there. I had that thought. My decision was "If they have called it a night, by the time I get there, then at least I will have had a second walk."<\/p>\n

A Quick End<\/h2>\n

In the end they did call it a night, and as two couples headed one way, and a third couple headed another I headed my own way. I walked towards the train station, and then I started the trackers, for my run.<\/p>\n

The Base Run<\/h2>\n

The Garmin Instinct 2 wanted me to do a 35 minute run at base level, so I think I did that. I ran for those 35 minutes and I wound my way back and forth, mainly along lit streets. Of course I had a cycling light with me. In fact I had two. One for position, and one for lighting the way.<\/p>\n

As I had not planned to run I was not dressed for running. I was dressed in normal cloths and my pockets were quite full and heavy. Despite this I did not feel that my running was being hampered. I did put my phone in my back pocket.<\/p>\n

Brilliant<\/h2>\n

I was running with the Ravemen 300 in my hand and it felt surprisingly good. When I saw cars or people I pointed it towards the ground, and when I passed in portions where the lighting was bad, I lit the path ahead of me. I was surprised by how well it fit into my hand, and how comfortable it felt.<\/p>\n

It is not designed for running, but it is nice and light so it’s great for this niche use.<\/p>\n

A few weeks ago I had gone for afterwork drinks and the experience was re-energising. Yesterday it was the opposite. It was positive, but not as positive as I had hoped.<\/p>\n

A Lot of Walking<\/h2>\n

For some people, the walk between Eysins and Nyon is long, but for me it is short and comfortable, because I have done it so often.it’s around 2.8km each way. I had already walked around 9km in the afternoon.<\/p>\n

A Luxurious situation<\/h3>\n

When you get used to walking everywhere, and especially in walking regularly, distances that required a car, no longer do. You think nothing of walking six kilometres on the off chance that you meet people for a social drink, before heading home, even after an earlier walk.<\/p>\n

And Finally<\/h2>\n

I am a strong believer in "Mobilit\u00e9 Douce". In my eyes being able to walk, instead of taking the car, buses or other forms of transport is a luxury. I appreciate that I can walk from A to B, without worrying about distance. I might do that walk again tonight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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