What's the earliest/latest you've ever hit the road for a run?

Micilin Muc · 16-07-2014 1:28pm #1

What's the earliest time you've ever the hit the road for a run?

Or if you're a night owl, what's the latest?

I often set the alarm for 5am, but don't manage to start until 5.30am. I think I came home at 10 or 11pm a few times, not that extreme!

yaboya1 · 16-07-2014 1:40pm

I've gone out as early as 4.30am and as late as 11-11.30pm, so it was obviously after midnight when I finished those.

tang1 · 16-07-2014 1:51pm

4.30am on both accounts.

Micilin Muc · 16-07-2014 1:57pm

tang1 wrote: »

4.30am on both accounts.

On both accounts, meaning you once stayed up until 4.30am and then went for a run?!

tang1 · 16-07-2014 2:01pm

Micilin Muc wrote: »

On both accounts, meaning you once stayed up until 4.30am and then went for a run?!

Got home from work at 4.30am and went for a run. Often used to go running at that time when i worked in Clontarf and was on nights.

Tombo2001 · 16-07-2014 2:16pm

I've gone out for a recovery run at 11pm. If its the only time you can do it, its the only time.

No way would I do a sesssion at that time though.

One of my favourite runs of the year is a light jog at 10pm around June 21st when its still bright.

rainbow kirby · 16-07-2014 2:17pm

Used to run at 10pm a lot while I was working on my masters. Never been a morning person so haven't gone earlier than 7am.

vitani · 16-07-2014 2:18pm

Earliest is 5.40am, latest is about 9.45pm.

ecoli · 16-07-2014 2:21pm

Did a session last week at 12.30am finished up shortly before 2. Area is well lit, cycle lanes empty so is perfect and peaceful,

Earliest was probably 5am after an airport run where there was no way in hell I was getting back to bed,

To be honest time of session doesn't bother me too much provided you are getting proper recovery around them, one mans mad is another mans routine

TFBubendorfer · 16-07-2014 2:37pm

I once got up at 3:30 am for a long run. Got some heckling from a group of boy racers on their way home, apart from that one scene it was a very quiet run.

Tom Joad · 16-07-2014 2:38pm

12 miler at 5 am this morning is earliest - latest was probably 8pm. I'm a morning person

Ososlo · 16-07-2014 2:44pm

I must be the laziest person here!
9am earliest and 8pm latest!
Although there was one morning i did a drunken run about 6 am but that was definitely an exception!

mdlb · 16-07-2014 2:57pm

5am is the earliest I would get out... often get some shouts of encouragement and the odd race from the drunk people on the way home!!

9.30pm the latest, and that would be for something short...

Ron DMC · 16-07-2014 3:01pm

7am earliest, 11pm or midnight latest, though I haven't been doing much of either lately unfortunately.

ThisRegard · 16-07-2014 3:11pm

On a regular work day it's been around 6:30am, however I value whatever extra few minutes I can get in bed these days so it's been a long time since I've done that.

As for lateness, finishing up after 10 hasn't been unusual.

BeepBeep67 · 16-07-2014 3:24pm

Earliest 3:30 - 4am a few times before catching the redeye.
Latest, can recall running shortly after landing in Hyderabad a few times at 5:30 am local time which would be midnight or 1am depending on the time of year.

walshb · 16-07-2014 3:45pm

Tried so many times to do a 7-8 am run. Just couldn't get up. Horrible feeling!

corny · 16-07-2014 4:11pm

Haven't run between 1am and 4 am. Run at every time in between.

saucyjack · 16-07-2014 5:44pm

05:00 and 23:00. 05:00 was the best…no one on the roads apart from one squad car pulled up beside me for a long look. Reckon they musta thought anyone running to/from anywhere at 5 bells has done SOMETHING

Laois_Man · 16-07-2014 5:57pm

Earliest - never before 7am - and only that early a handful of times

Latest: up to near midnight a few times

saucyjack wrote: »

one squad car pulled up beside me for a long look. Reckon they musta thought anyone running to/from anywhere at 5 bells has done SOMETHING

I got the same thing the weekend before last and it was only about 11:00pm ona Saturday night

ger664 · 16-07-2014 7:39pm

Earliest is DIL run every year ~4.AM. Started a 20 miler one night at 10 P.M and finished at 1 A.M.

Slow_Runner · 17-07-2014 8:29am

Last winter it was 5:00-5:30am starts - on country roads its only me,my head torch and the odd bemused commuter!, never really did late runs however my current plan is to run evenings but so far 5pm is the latest, don't think I'd be able to go for a run once I got comfy after dinner.

PaulieC · 17-07-2014 11:43am

probably a trail run at around 4:30 AM in Bellevue. Hadn't a clue where I was going and predictably got lost in the dark with no torch. Was never so happy to see a road in my life

Duanington · 17-07-2014 11:51am

earliest would be 6:30

latest probably 10 pm ..ish

Although I suspect the early runs will have to get earlier leading into marathon training

shels4ever · 17-07-2014 12:07pm

5:30am - 11:30 pm

But back in the day 3 am runs home from the pub were very common.

dwayneshintzy · 17-07-2014 12:09pm

Had a mate visiting from America, and we went up to Belfast which threw my schedule off a bit. Instead of going to bed (I knew I'd get up late and come up with an excuse not to run), just decided to go for a run right as the sun was coming up, so around 4am it was.

Finnt · 17-07-2014 1:21pm

I do all my weekday runs before work so I'm regularly on the road from 5am onwards, something smashing about been out early.

SamforMayo · 17-07-2014 3:58pm

tang1 wrote: »

Got home from work at 4.30am and went for a run. Often used to go running at that time when i worked in Clontarf and was on nights.

Must have been before the 10 hour shifts were introduced!!!

17-07-2014 4:10pm

Up to last month I could proudly say never before 7am.

But bharte here has dragged me out on a couple of 40km + cross country efforts at 5 am.

willowthewisp · 17-07-2014 4:16pm

Earliest 5:30 am, latest probably only 9pm.

crisco10 · 17-07-2014 4:27pm

Not a big fan of late night running myself; takes ages to get sleep after. Latest I would have headed out is only 9pm or so.

Have gotten up at 4am before for an LSR before a 7.30am meeting; generally though the earliest I'd go is out the door is at 5.45/6.00am.

sideswipe · 17-07-2014 9:48pm

Plenty of 4:30-5am starts for LSR's and recovery run. I've often tried to do tempo runs early in the morning but it never goes well!
Nothing better than getting home before the rest of the family is up on a Saturday or Sunday.

RedRunner · 18-07-2014 7:08pm

Earliest 5.20 am after airport run, just this week as it happens.Latest probably about 11pm.

Micilin Muc · 19-07-2014 12:06am

sideswipe wrote: »

Nothing better than getting home before the rest of the family is up on a Saturday or Sunday.

And then going for a nap!

Cabaal · 20-07-2014 2:02pm

Latest has been maybe 10pm, earliest has been 4.30am for a long run coming up to conn ultra this year.

Used to do all my running in the evenings but last year I switched to mornings and I love it and would hate to go back to evenings! Most mornings I'm out at 6-6.30am.

It can be odd in the winter as I've the head torch and I see very few cars (if at all) once I'm on the back country roads,

Tigerandahalf · 20-07-2014 2:46pm

For those of you running at 5/6am what time are you going to bed?
I would imagine in the summer it is lovely to be running with the sun coming up. If I dont get 8 hours of solid sleep my immune system gets weak even after a single night.

Finnt · 20-07-2014 3:12pm

I usually try be in bed before 10 and as close to 9 as I can!

The Muppet · 21-07-2014 10:52am

I used to get up at 5 am to go running when I started january 2013, I never looked out at the weather just opened the door and out I went, Ran in sleet and snow, driving rain and enjoyed every minute of it.

latest run would have been 10 or 11 at night on really warm days last year .

Domer · 21-07-2014 11:14am

I think it was 1990 or 91, there was a 5k road race that started at 11:50pm on New Years Eve and ran around the Liberties in Dublin, passing St Patricks as the bells were ringing in the new year. An amazing event... would love it to be on again. I place top 3 that night and won a lamp that is still working in my mothers house. Those were the good old days!!!

So I guess that's the earliest and latest runs, both at the same event.

walshb · 21-07-2014 1:16pm

How anyone (non elite or non competitor) drags themselves out of bed to go for a run is beyond me. Fair enough, running to work means you are getting up anyway, but to drah yourself out of a sleep to run?:eek:

Earliest I'd run on a day off would be 1000 hrs!

Cabaal · 21-07-2014 4:07pm

walshb wrote: »

How anyone (non elite or non competitor) drags themselves out of bed to go for a run is beyond me. Fair enough, running to work means you are getting up anyway, but to drah yourself out of a sleep to run?:eek

I used to think that, but doing it in the morning leaves your entire day free. It also warms you up, wakes you up and it means you don't have to shower again in the evening after running as you can just shower after a morning run.

At this stage, regardless of if I'm working or weekend/holiday I'll still wake up early and have no problem going for a run.

ronn · 22-07-2014 12:18am

Latest was a 10miler 00:30 til 01:45. I prefare to run late at night, nobody around,
The thoughts of getting out of bed to go out on an early run would be enough to put me off running,
:-) :-)

Gavlor · 22-07-2014 7:58am

walshb wrote: »

How anyone (non elite or non competitor) drags themselves out of bed to go for a run is beyond me. Fair enough, running to work means you are getting up anyway, but to drah yourself out of a sleep to run?:eek:

Earliest I'd run on a day off would be 1000 hrs!

Finally! A normal person.

This thread is confirmation that you are all addicts and that the majority here suffer from a sever case of OCD. You people need professional help!

Krusty_Clown · 22-07-2014 9:38am

walshb wrote: »

How anyone (non elite or non competitor) drags themselves out of bed to go for a run is beyond me. Fair enough, running to work means you are getting up anyway, but to drah yourself out of a sleep to run?:eek:

Earliest I'd run on a day off would be 1000 hrs!

Many of us train to race. Most races are on in the morning.

walshb · 22-07-2014 9:44am

Krusty_Clown wrote: »

Many of us train to race. Most races are on in the morning.

I don't find it odd/crazy for racers/competitor to be up at 'ungodly' hours.

PaulieC · 22-07-2014 10:20am

Gavlor wrote: »

Finally! A normal person.

You find WalshB to be a normal person and you're saying everyone else needs professional help ?

WalshB, it's a joke

Krusty_Clown · 22-07-2014 10:52am

walshb wrote: »

I don't find it odd/crazy for racers/competitor to be up at 'ungodly' hours.

I do find it strange at times. I get up at 8am every day for work. At weekends, I invariably end up getting up earlier than I do during the working week (for races or group runs). Running is the scourge of weekends and lie-ins.

walshb · 22-07-2014 12:53pm

PaulieC wrote: »

You find WalshB to be a normal person and you're saying everyone else needs professional help ?

Only non elite and non racers who struggle out of deep sleeps to pound the pavements for 60 minutes covering a staggering 5-6 k!:)

walshb · 22-07-2014 12:53pm

Krusty_Clown wrote: »

I do find it strange at times. I get up at 8am every day for work. At weekends, I invariably end up getting up earlier than I do during the working week (for races or group runs). Running is the scourge of weekends and lie-ins.

So true.

The Muppet · 28-07-2014 10:45am

walshb wrote: »

How anyone (non elite or non competitor) drags themselves out of bed to go for a run is beyond me. Fair enough, running to work means you are getting up anyway, but to drah yourself out of a sleep to run?:eek:

Earliest I'd run on a day off would be 1000 hrs!

Ah there's nothing like a 5 am run in the local park with the dew on the grass and the birds singing to start off a day.

Windorah · 28-07-2014 10:56am

I would often set the alarm for 5am and be out for 5.15-5.30 am certainly no earlier!!

On the other end of the scale if I rolled over when the alarm went off it could be 10pm before I finish my run.

I did once go for a run after coming home from the pub prob about 2am.. I don't know is that in the latest or earliest category though!!

What's the earliest/latest you've ever hit the road for a run?

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