Very cold run: with the full moon; before the sun rose.

Having woken just before my 5am alarm clock I was pleased to be feeling okay. I said goodbye to the Mister before he headed off to work and I drank my way through my customary two large glasses of warm water.

I looked at the oversized shaggy rug I usually do yoga and strength work on and felt uninspired. I had been thinking since the day before that I was trying to create the habit of a solo speedy run on either a Wednesday or Thursday. It was Thursday morning and I hadn't planned to run.

But I liked the idea. Despite the totally irregular and unexpected super cold 🥶 fronts we'd been getting in Brisbane, my soul wanted to go play.

Maybe it was the influence of the full moon, who knows. But once I get an idea in my mind I find it hard to get it out again.

I had to consider the timing as I had an early (7:30 am) client.

I knew I'd had to shift breakfast back; I'd been eating at least 30 mins later than my body was used to.

I had to accept that to fit in a run, hot shower (to reheat 🌡️), food and prep for call in under 90 minutes that I was going to start running in the dark and finish before the sun even rose.

So be it.

I loved it!!

And I was surprised that there were actually people out, in the dark, on this "8'C-feels-like-3'C" morning.

Madness.

Maybe the full moon was making them mad too. 😂

Photos!! 👇

My first stop for an (attempted) photo of that gorgeous full moon. 🌕

My second attempt. It looked so captivating through the trees! But very average on my little phone camera!

It was disappearing out of sight once I got home.

But there was more and more colour building in the sky in the other direction as the sun was getting ready to break over the horizon. 🌄

It was a short, fun (cold!) run.🏃‍♀️

You can see where I stopped to take the two full moon photos out on course. 📷 And I saw my opportunity for a tiny bit of speedplay as I rounded the corner to come home. There was one steep uphill before the final descent and, since I was as warmed up as I was going to get, I decided to gun it up the hill! Yieow!!!

Did you do anything special or different (planned or unplanned 😅) around this month's full moon? If you did, I'd love to hear about it in the comments!

All photos taken by me on my trusty little Google Pixel 2XL. Credit to Garmin Connect for the screenshot as my final photo here.