The novelty of running in daylight
One thing about running in a marathon in Summer is that you have to put in a lot of training over the Winter months. In a country like Britain, with our unique weather, this can be risky and sometimes downright dangerous (black ice, anyone?). Combine this with our practice of putting clocks back and forward and the result is a lot of time spent running in the dark.
A redeeming feature of training so early in the morning is that you get to watch the dawn coming up and in Scarborough, this can be a real treat. By the time it gets light enough to call it morning, I would usually be coming back round the corner of the Sea Life Centre, towards North Bay again with views of the headland and the castle straight ahead. Watching the sun (or at least daylight) come up over the headland is a great experience.
Last week, I went for my usual training run at around 6:30 in the morning and was actually surprised to find it daylight. It was nice to go running in the daylight again as I had been when I started training last July but I had grown used to running at dawn. Ah well. This is also another sign that time is running out to complete my training schedule.