Is it as hard for you, like it is for me, to run the same pace at night as you do during the day?
I find that I labor more when it is dark to get to pace "X".
I'm an experienced runner (14 years including high school, college, and post college competitively) and still can't figure it out.
I've thought of multiple reasons as to why this could be the case, but wanted to know other's input.
interesting. unless its really cold out i tend to run faster at night with more ease
I agree 100%. I think it is because you can't really see as well and thus you aren't so quick to open up your stride. My everyday runs are 7:00 mpm in the daylight, but in the wintertime, forget about it - 7:20 is about as good as it gets. Unless its really cold, and then I hammer to stay warm!!
Same here. I'm pretty sure this is because you feel like you're going faster in the dark.
I like to start a run right in the evening so that it gets dark midway through. Given that I speed up some anyway, I really feel like I'm running fast when I do that!
I feel like I'm running faster at night, but I've never really calculated it. So, I'm not sure.
I have the same issue but maybe it has nothing to do with it being night, rather after a long day and general fatigue.
Not sure if this counts, but I've been running really early in the morning lately...when it's still "night"...and I find that runs go by a lot quicker, and take less effort. Possibly because I'm still half asleep?
Generally, i'd say that I feel like I'm going quicker in the dark.
I'm not sure if I really do run faster at night or not, but for me it always feels a million times easier than running earlier in the day. I absolutely love running after dark or late in the evening when it's getting dark -- unfortunately where I'm going to university it's not really safe (particularly as a girl who usually does her runs alone, not to mention there have been like 5 recent reports of sexual assault in a park near my school...). And now that it's winter it gets dark at like 4:30. FML.
Where I live in the summer though, it's a lot smaller and safer and I regularly run at 9 or 10 and LOVE it.