Originally Posted by truman

Fail. I loaded up, dressed for the chill, hit the road, and almost halfway in, about 4 miles, my light's battery died. This time of year it's still full dark on the morning leg, so I turned around. Coming back along an exceedingly dark residential stretch, I almost collided with a jogger who was running against the traffic.

Got home, plugged in the battery and drove on in.