Running Skirt

So far this week I ran on Monday and Tuesday night. I have always been under the impression that exercising at night is not the best thing to do. Some people have told me this is a myth. However, I am starting to believe the myth has some truth. The Monday night run was done following a 25 hour fast--Yom Kippor. While the day was quite exhausting-it was more of a mental exhaustion and after a light break-fast I was ready for a run. We ran about 4 miles. It felt good to move around after praying all day. Then some of my upstairs neighbors decided they were making pancakes at midnight. I can't turn down pancakes and after leaving their apartment at about 1:30 I still wasn't ready for bed. That night I didn't go to sleep until about 3:30am. At the time I attributed my lack of sleepiness to the fact that it felt more like a Saturday night than a Monday night.

Last night I ran at about 10:00pm. Akiva and I decided that since it was going to be a short run we would pick up the pace. We did about 9:30 miles which for me was quite tiring--but it felt good. I think for the shorter runs I will try and keep this pace but for the longer runs I will slow it down a bit. Coming back from the run I felt energized and didn't go to sleep until after 2:30am.

I don't think these two nighttime runs can tell me if this myth is true or not. Perhaps I will investigate the matter more...