A new adventure

On Monday morning, October 17, I was running at about 6:30 AM on terrain I knew well, but in an unlighted patch of sidewalk I crashed into a large (6-inch diameter) felled tree that lay completely across the sidewalk. It was not pretty, as my momentum carried me over and down onto the walk, where I scraped and cut myself up pretty good (though, thankfully, I did not incur any really serious injuries). So that night I purchased a head lamp from our local running equipment store, and for the last few weeks have been running with that. I run in the morning, both by temperatment and from necessity, and at this time of year when I go out at 6AM or a little before it is pitch dark - but the light makes it work quite admirably for me, lighting up a patch 15 feet or so ahead of me (and at the pace I run, that's plenty far enough!).