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

Occasionally my freshman year, if it was the penultimate night before a race and I couldn't sleep, I'd go do my day-before-race run at 3AM so I could sleep in and not have to worry about going to practice at 11AM.

Use to work in the South East During the summer and worked at 6AM. Did a lot of out and back runs on the beach around 3-4am. It was nice when the moon was out and only the sound of waves crashing.

I live in the middle of nowhere, dirt roads, no lights, farm fields. I'll do it if the moon is out but when some of those animals start screaming, it gets a little spooky. Track running at 3 am is also pretty cool.

Half those damn raccoon are carrying rabies. I ran in Central Park until about 2 am on New Year's Day thinking the place would be full of revelers. It wasn't. The cops saw to that. So there I am at 2am, running alone in Central Park thinking "what the hell am I doing". Safest place New York they keep telling me.

All you see in Riverside Park that time of night are rats.

mousey wrote:

PS when i run at night i wouldn't wear: pink tops, anything blatantly girly, put a hat on to cover long hair, etc.

What do I do about boobs?

Letstrolldotcom wrote:

What do I do about boobs?

Real women runners don't have boobs. You must be a hobby jogger.

I run that early. I just throw on the headlamp and head up in the mountains with the dog every morning.

Your gay!""

Several years ago I did all my long runs at night. There was a heat wave on and I waited for the sun to go down. A lot of runs were from about 10:30 pm to 1 am. One time I did a half marathon starting at 1am, done about 2 am.

I found three places to run at night.

On the high school track. I would walk the track first to make sure there was nothing on it, and there was enough light from the town so you could see the lines. When a full moon was out it was surprisingly bright.

At the airport. It is a small, unstaffed single strip. 3,000 yard straight-aways. It was also had guide lights on the side. I wouldn't use it if someone was tinkering with their plane, but almost nobody used it after dark so I had it to my self.

A frontage road at the industrial park. It was an uneven dirt road but pretty much the whole distance was lighted by street lights. I did have to explain myself to the cop but he gave me no grief.

I would not suggest a woman run at those times unless they are in a group.

when I'm racking up miles in base training I'll do some pretty wacky things to get runs in... run at midnight, run at 4 am, run to work, run on lunch. You gotta squeeze em in when you can.

Since SC is hell in the summer to run in, I sometimes would try and get a run in anywhere from 2-5am after hanging out with friends before going to sleep so I wouldn't have to worry about waking up early. It's nice, cooler, and quiet.

I'm trying to think of the latest or earliest I've run and I'm not sure. The weather here doesn't get bad enough in the day to avoid. I've raced at around 10pm which is the latest. On a training camp maybe 6am. Maybe I'm missing out!

I've been on the track a lot at 10pm but not much later than that.

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.

You are probably safer at 4am on a running trail than you are at 5pm. all of the scumbags are passed out.

"Where I live I used to have to worry about gays hitting on me.."

had the same problem at pretty much all hours when I lived a couple blocks from piedmont park in ATL in the late 80s. What a gross bunch of freaks..

Who are you not to recommend running at anytime whether male or female? Sexist prick.

Your gender doesn't even matter when midnight running. If it helps, how about carrying pepper spray and/or running around your neighborhood? It instills a sense of security and you wouldn't worry about strangers because you know the majority of the residents!

Late night running gives me a little thrill rather than day running, plus those hours of daylight are so jam-packed I have no free time AND I have wicked insomnia.

I hope this inspires you to get off that treadmill and into the real world!

About 10 years ago I used to run Saturday during the day twice. I would go out Saturday night to have fun with a lady friend then would come back and run a 10 miler at like 1 AM or 2 AM.

Ive only done it twice, but running at 5am on Saturday or Sunday in Manhattan is hysterical.

Each run, at least three people will ask me why I'm out running so late. Haha

Different world.

Its away of seeing the world you never access otherwise. The silence of usually populated places.