Is it suspicious to run at 4 am in the morning ?

it depends on where you live. I'm an African American woman and distance runner and I typically run very early in the mornings sometimes. It's nothing for me to start a work out at 1 am and do my 15 -17 mile long run then. But I live deep in the suburbs in a ritzy part of my state with homes in the 800,000 to 2 million price range. It's totally safe and I've been doing this for almost 5 years now.

I just love running very early in the morning. I carry an OC spray and have other countermeasures, just in case but I've never had any issues so far. It's why I would never live in an urban area.

Everyone in my neighborhood including the police are used to me. The neighborhood I live in is predominately white and middle to upper middle class. There is zero percent chance I would do this if I lived in the "hood" or even in some isolated rural area.

Women though should always be careful, there are so many horror stories for girls

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I don't recommend anyone do what I do, but if anyone esp a woman runs early in the morning, take a mace product, even a taser, and don't run in excluded or rural areas and 100% never take music with you.

I am a military veteran and I am always aware of my environment and countermeasures if I were ever in a crisis situation.

Having said all that I just love running early in the morning and I've done it since I was in the army. Most soldiers are used to getting up a zero dark thirty and doing PT :)

In my area of Southern California no matter what hour I see there are people running or walking on the bike trail near me. No one cares.

I respect your opinion on this but I don't agree with it. I am a 66-year-old white woman and I've been running outdoors, almost always alone, regularly since I was in college. I have lived in many different neighborhoods in different parts of the country, and I have never run carrying any sort of defensive weapon. In 40+ years of running I have never had a seriously frightening incident, although of course I've been verbally harassed in every imaginable way and have occasionally had objects thrown at me.

All my life people have been telling me that it's not safe for a female to be out running alone. I have consistently rejected the idea that my role in society is to be a victim. I do avoid doing stupid things--I don't run in really sketchy neighborhoods, I never run with music, I pay close attention to my surroundings and am quick to change my route if anything looks suspicious. So far it has worked for me. The concerns you have and the actions that you take are perfectly reasonable, but that's not the path I've chosen.

I guess you live your life by what other people think! You're irrelevant.

Still 90 at 4 AM in Phoenix

Still 90 at 4 AM in Phoenix

It's not exactly common, but I don't think it's suspicious. I think most cities and towns have their very early riser fitness people. And if you do it regularly in regular places then you'll just be known as the guy who runs at 4 am to the other people that may see you multiple times. In some places it's less rare than others. Phoenix metro in the summer - there's a dedicated group of runners, walkers, bikers who are up EARLY early to avoid the heat.

Same here in Texas. I run at 4 am daily to beat the heat and the traffic.

Suspicious? Most of the world is sleeping at that time. They'd have to wake up and look out their windows to be suspicious.

I had a black male friend who never was hassled running at 4:30 AM yet a different white male friend often (ish) was hassled. If you're shirtless and in short shorts (the former), you almost certainly won't face any issues. If you're wearing long shorts / sweatpants and a hoodie (latter) you're more likely to be viewed as suspicious

I prefer running at 4 am in the afternoon.

One should be suspicious of runners at any time of day.

Gotta go early bro. Respect is earned every day by waking up early, challenging yourself with new dreams or digging up old nightmares, and embracing the suck like you have nothing and have never done a damn thing in your life. Stay hard. They don't know you son.

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you'll never have a problem with the cops running at that time if your white.

5.2 miles

93% humidity according to Strava 76 degrees

You're going about this entirely the wrong way. The trick is to look as sketchy as possible so nobody questions why you're running around at 4am, because they assume you're just another meth head on a random bender.