Notes
I intended to get out for a run mid-day for my last hilly run before McNaughton but didn't make it out until after dark. So I decided to try my backup headlamps which I've run with for six years or so during night runs which require a bit more light. One on the head, one on the waist. I'll wear a brighter single headlamp in Vermont, but wanted to make sure I had bases covered, just in case.
The conditions at Blackstrap Preserve are semi-technical with roots, and rocks on the older trails, but more importantly a lot of leaf matter built up in tiny moguls making footing even worse. It wasn't very conducive for an injury-free, steady hill run at night. Add on the thickest fog I've ever run in and it made for a very slow, very cautious jaunt. With visibility only a a couple feet, I headed off in to the woods a few times not able to tell where the trail was.
At least I'm "fog" trained for McNaughton now...