feels so amazing running at night

Same here...I'm not as self conscious running at night where people can't see me as well (if you know what I mean ?).

Agreed, a whole different vibe. Don't know why I don't do it more often.

I don’t like running at night. I’m scared I’ll get hit by a car, or sprain my ankle stepping in a pothole I couldn’t see coming because of the dark. Plus there might be sketchy people hanging around. ?

It is nice for a while. But by the end of the winter when I’ve been running at night M-F for 3 months straight, I’m so f-ing sick of it.

Hfdaasx wrote:

It is nice for a while. But by the end of the winter when I’ve been running at night M-F for 3 months straight, I’m so f-ing sick of it.

This is pretty much where I'm at. At some point the only redeeming aspect is that it's kinda awesome in a sadomasochistic way, especially when it's cold and snowing and you have vaseline on your face to keep it from freezing and your hands down your pants because you made the mistake of chipping the ice block off of your ear with your gloves and now your hands hurt because the wind has whipped up like a m**********r. But yeah, that gets old pretty quick.

LoneStarXC wrote:

I don’t like running at night. I’m scared I’ll get hit by a car, or sprain my ankle stepping in a pothole I couldn’t see coming because of the dark. Plus there might be sketchy people hanging around. ?

you definitely have to pay attention to where your feet are goin, but i think id probably get hurt in the day time easier, hard to stay in the zone and focused when i gotta keep stoppin at every block because someone in a car just happens to be comin.. then i gotta stop and try to make eye contact with them cuz i dont know if they are gonna let me pass in front of their vehicle, would rather not guess and be ran over.. just throws me off, i have a far less productive run in the day time.. doesnt really have anything to do with bein self-conscious.

i run at night on weekdays, and most of the year, it is dark at that time i run. I do like it a lot. When i run the same route in daylight, i have to keep on the sidewalks. At night i can run in the road through my residential neighborhood precisely because the headlights let me know if a car is coming even if behind me.

I like running during the day, too, but i would run a route that is more pedestrian and bike trails rather than roads.

A little of each is what i prefer. But i definitely like the vibe of night running. There's definitely this feeling that it's all your own at night, and you don't have to share it with anybody.

seattle prattle wrote:

i run at night on weekdays, and most of the year, it is dark at that time i run. I do like it a lot. When i run the same route in daylight, i have to keep on the sidewalks. At night i can run in the road through my residential neighborhood precisely because the headlights let me know if a car is coming even if behind me.

I like running during the day, too, but i would run a route that is more pedestrian and bike trails rather than roads.

A little of each is what i prefer. But i definitely like the vibe of night running. There's definitely this feeling that it's all your own at night, and you don't have to share it with anybody.

Yeah, I suppose that's part of the reason too, I'm greedy I want it all to myself !! BAHAHA!!! >:)

I think I'm going to try running in the daytime more too though because there are a few spots/potential trails I want to checkout and can't really do that at night.

BelieveBrah2018 wrote:

I think I'm going to try running in the daytime more too though because there are a few spots/potential trails I want to checkout and can't really do that at night.

You might be surprised what you can run with a headlamp. I lived for a few years at a house where it wasnt practical to run on the roads without first driving somewhere (long private driveway with multiple neighbors along it).

But the house backed up to a regional trail system. I got to where i could run some fairly difficult single track with my headlamp on. I couldn't hammer the pace, but if i backed off to about 730 pace i was solid. It sure beat the alternatives of either not running or driving just to run on the roads somewhere else in the dark.

Hfdaasx wrote:

It is nice for a while. But by the end of the winter when I’ve been running at night M-F for 3 months straight, I’m so f-ing sick of it.

That's pretty much all there is to it. On weekends I get to run when the sun is out and it's amazing!

Finally. My kind of thread.

I run late at night a lot in NYC. Nothing like running across the Brooklyn Bridge and being the only person there - it's like the opening scene of 28 Days Later. Cities are generally great for night running - all the sidewalks and pedestrian features you get anyway and no obstructions.

Abdoujaparov wrote:

I run late at night a lot in NYC. Nothing like running across the Brooklyn Bridge and being the only person there - it's like the opening scene of 28 Days Later. Cities are generally great for night running - all the sidewalks and pedestrian features you get anyway and no obstructions.

The same goes for the trails in the woods here where I live. I love nighttime runs. And I do imagine myself running from zombies sometimes. (Rule #1 from Zombieland: Cardio.)

I can only run on the weekdays in the early AM. I run on the road because asphalt is a little softer than concrete and the sidewalks have way more hazards than the roads. It's nice for the solitude and the fact that you can't see far down the road so that you're running in limbo. For all who complain about not seeing things, there are great headlights than are both light and effective. I don't wear mine regularly but the Million Mile light is the size of a lipstick container, clips on your waist, and uses the energy of your motion to flash a bright LED.

PeanutButterJelly wrote:

Hfdaasx wrote:

It is nice for a while. But by the end of the winter when I’ve been running at night M-F for 3 months straight, I’m so f-ing sick of it.

That's pretty much all there is to it. On weekends I get to run when the sun is out and it's amazing!

Agree 3 months of cold and darkness suck. To much traffic on the city streets for evening runs. So I head out at 5AM less traffic but still dark and cold. I find I run the same route a little faster on weekends when it's light out.

NightJogger wrote:

so silent and peaceful even in town.. i feel like i can really truly relax on my runs late at night.. in the day time the vibe just isnt the same, too chaotic..

you aren't livin until you hit the bowl a few times and run through the night

Loved running at night when I lived in Southern Cal years ago; warm, dry, the smell of tree blossoms was enhanced at night.

Now in the PNW in winter it's just nasty cold and wet at night all the time until summer. Weird thing about night running is that it feels faster than you're really going.

Same here in the woods wrote:

Abdoujaparov wrote:

I run late at night a lot in NYC. Nothing like running across the Brooklyn Bridge and being the only person there - it's like the opening scene of 28 Days Later. Cities are generally great for night running - all the sidewalks and pedestrian features you get anyway and no obstructions.

The same goes for the trails in the woods here where I live. I love nighttime runs. And I do imagine myself running from zombies sometimes. (Rule #1 from Zombieland: Cardio.)

I tried doing that but it doesn't work for me without a headlamp, I tripped more than once, never got hurt seriously, but don't want to risk it anymore. Do you wear a headlamp?

This morning I was running down what is by day a busy commercial strip in Vancouver.

At 6am it would a full-on stroll for sex workers!

So you can learn something by running at night.