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Nightrider 23
Does anyone go out for a run at 2AM, 3AM, or 4AM? 11/15/2009 3:58AM Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Does anyone here go out for a run at 2AM, 3AM, or 4AM?

Sometimes if my sleep schedule is messed up because I am not working and sleeping until 1PM I end up doubling and doing an easy run at 3AM LoL. It's legal, but if the police drive by in some neighborhoods they may think it's kind of strange. Any thoughts?
interested-observer
RE: Does anyone go out for a run at 2AM, 3AM, or 4AM? 11/15/2009 4:11AM - in reply to Nightrider 23 Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
The latest I've gone for runs is around 10 or 11 pm... And the earliest is 4 or 5 am... but I must try some of these 2am runs you're speaking of
<k>ilgore
RE: Does anyone go out for a run at 2AM, 3AM, or 4AM? 11/15/2009 4:36AM - in reply to Nightrider 23 Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
I do it every morning because I have to be at work at 6 a.m. for my twelve hour days. No one is up at that ungodly hour, and you will not be messed with except by animals.

Out.
Insomniatic
RE: Does anyone go out for a run at 2AM, 3AM, or 4AM? 11/15/2009 4:50AM - in reply to Nightrider 23 Reply | Return to Index | Report Post

Nightrider 23 wrote:

Does anyone here go out for a run at 2AM, 3AM, or 4AM?

Sometimes if my sleep schedule is messed up because I am not working and sleeping until 1PM I end up doubling and doing an easy run at 3AM LoL. It's legal, but if the police drive by in some neighborhoods they may think it's kind of strange. Any thoughts?

I do it on occasion. There's not much else to do if you have insomnia.
RD
RE: Does anyone go out for a run at 2AM, 3AM, or 4AM? 11/15/2009 5:47AM - in reply to Nightrider 23 Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
I once ran at midnight because my friends all ditched me and I didn't want to take a cab. Made that day an unexpected Triple. (30 mins in the morning, 5 x mile on the track in the afternoon, 30m in the late evening)

I also once went out for a run just to clear my head after a girlfriend broke up with me at like 2 am. I needed to get out and clear my head.
742 Evergreen Ter
RE: Does anyone go out for a run at 2AM, 3AM, or 4AM? 11/15/2009 5:51AM - in reply to RD Reply | Return to Index | Report Post

RD wrote:

I once ran at midnight because my friends all ditched me and I didn't want to take a cab. Made that day an unexpected Triple. (30 mins in the morning, 5 x mile on the track in the afternoon, 30m in the late evening)

I also once went out for a run just to clear my head after a girlfriend broke up with me at like 2 am. I needed to get out and clear my head.


Sucker!!!
a girl runner
RE: Does anyone go out for a run at 2AM, 3AM, or 4AM? 11/15/2009 7:12AM - in reply to Nightrider 23 Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
I wish it was safe for me to run at that hour! Guys are lucky, in that they can do stuff like that without worrying about getting attacked or something. I just have to stick to the treadmill, if I must run at a weird hour.
another girl runner
RE: Does anyone go out for a run at 2AM, 3AM, or 4AM? 11/15/2009 7:20AM - in reply to a girl runner Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Know what you mean i work till around 2am and woud love to go for a run after work. But its the safety factor
Gerry Lingren
RE: Does anyone go out for a run at 2AM, 3AM, or 4AM? 11/15/2009 9:23AM - in reply to Nightrider 23 Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
i do all the time.
anon
RE: Does anyone go out for a run at 2AM, 3AM, or 4AM? 11/15/2009 9:33AM - in reply to Nightrider 23 Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
I haven't done it as I was concerned over the legality of running past midnight. But now that you've assured me I wouldn't be breaking any laws I will give it a try!
lewruns
RE: Does anyone go out for a run at 2AM, 3AM, or 4AM? 11/15/2009 9:40AM - in reply to Nightrider 23 Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
latest i've gone is about 1:30 in the morning. my area's pretty safe, so its fine, and theres plenty of streetlights
Fromunda Cheese
RE: Does anyone go out for a run at 2AM, 3AM, or 4AM? 11/15/2009 10:07AM - in reply to lewruns Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
I run at 4 am five days a week, before work. There is very little traffic in my area, but I have to stay be very alert because the people that are driving often are not yet fully awake or attentive.

Are there actually any places in The US were it is "illegal" to run at night? I find that difficult to believe. On the other hand, it's illegal for me to pump my own gas. What do I know.
Aloha
RE: Does anyone go out for a run at 2AM, 3AM, or 4AM? 11/15/2009 10:13AM - in reply to Fromunda Cheese Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
when I return from int'l travel, I often run for a couple fo day at 2:30 or 3am (standard is 5:30am for me). Its just the paperboys and the skunks. San Francisco streets are lit, and too dark to be on trails in GG Park.

I am amazed at the number of women I see in the morning when still dark in GG Park running alone AND WITH HEADPHONES. A disaster waiting to happen.
ian edwards
RE: Does anyone go out for a run at 2AM, 3AM, or 4AM? 11/15/2009 10:20AM - in reply to Nightrider 23 Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
During the summer. I ran at 8pm and 2-3am every day. I slept from 10am till 6pm. I had no life, and it's hot during the day.
txRUNNERgirl
RE: Does anyone go out for a run at 2AM, 3AM, or 4AM? 11/15/2009 10:21AM - in reply to a girl runner Reply | Return to Index | Report Post

a girl runner wrote:

I wish it was safe for me to run at that hour! Guys are lucky, in that they can do stuff like that without worrying about getting attacked or something. I just have to stick to the treadmill, if I must run at a weird hour.


I've done it. It just depends where you run, but usually the "bad guys" are in bed or too drunk at that point.
This is interesting
RE: Does anyone go out for a run at 2AM, 3AM, or 4AM? 11/15/2009 12:39PM - in reply to Nightrider 23 Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Gerry Lindgren
desert rat
RE: Does anyone go out for a run at 2AM, 3AM, or 4AM? 11/15/2009 1:17PM - in reply to This is interesting Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Try living in Phoenix for a summer. If you're not starting your long runs by 3:30 or 4 in July, you're asking for trouble. Not only is it hot as hell, but with no DST the sun is up by 5-5:30.
everything but the food
RE: Does anyone go out for a run at 2AM, 3AM, or 4AM? 11/15/2009 1:31PM - in reply to Nightrider 23 Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
I've started LSDs after midnight, that went past 2 AM. It's actually a nice time to run through neighborhoods, since it's nice and quiet. The only real problem is that you're running during "closing time." Just assume everyone driving at that hour is drunk, and you'll be fine.

And you will occasionally be stopped by cops, even while fully decked out in running gear.

The most dangerous thing I have to deal with at that hour is the doughnut shops that are making their days batches. We're talking doughnuts that fall apart as you handle them because they're so fresh. I pass three of them on my 20-mile route.
the city that never sleeps
RE: Does anyone go out for a run at 2AM, 3AM, or 4AM? 11/15/2009 4:03PM - in reply to everything but the food Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
I know someone who runs mostly at 4 am. he also hits the track at 10 pm, in the city. He does most of his mileage (I've never seen him at the track) at about 8-9 minute pace, in a full warm up suit, even in the summer, for several hours 2+. I am starting to see him now that it gets cold / dark and there is nobody in the park we run in. I remember last year running in about a foot of snow. I was running about 6:30 pace (steady) because it was freezing, and I wanted to get it over with. I saw him, and ran with him. I almost died because we were running so slow! Anyway, props, he just ran 2:25 in nyc so whatever hi is doing it works.
speed?
RE: Does anyone go out for a run at 2AM, 3AM, or 4AM? 11/15/2009 6:47PM - in reply to the city that never sleeps Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
i was out for a late night run, like 1 or 2 and the cops pulled me over and asked if i'd seen some guy they were searching for. on my way back i saw a big tussle with cops down a side road and figured they must have found their man.
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