Running in the dark

Sometimes it’s better to just let yourself go

A few months ago I went for my first postpartum run, even though it required waking up before 5 and getting out the door before sunrise. Not something I would have done pre-baby, but something I found oddly invigorating in my new circumstances.

Besides the fact that my 3 to 3.5-mile jog was one of the only times of day when a tiny human wasn’t on my phys…