I run at night and when I say ?night?, I mean some time between 9:30 and midnight usually - Most of my life I have. It works pretty well for me and my schedule. Running this late seems to help me clear all my thoughts and questions from the day...Hey, it's better than laying in bed for an hour or two wondering about every little thing. It also allows me to work a little bit more when I get back and it really does help me sleep better. Besides, I can't get my butt up in the morning any way! Yeah, you're right...It probably IS because of the late night running. What ever. I like it. For some reason I was up early this morning so thought I would go for my first morning run since the Zappos.com Las Vegas Marathon back in early December. So out I went, 6am and feeling like the morning sun was going to melt me like a gremlin. Along my route I instantly realized the huge difference in my surroundings between a morning and night run. Yeah, there were the obvious things: More people out and about and more school buses than I could count on both hands, etc...But there were also a few things that surprised me - The actuality that people never really looked at me with my oh so pale legs in shorts a little longer than I care to admit was much more believable to me at night and that house with grey curtains that I pass all the time was actually a house with a very obnoxious shade of pink curtains. Whoa! Nothing was more shocking though than the line that was formed inside, and well outside, of a Dunkin' Donuts I passed. WOW! I didn't even realize they had a Drive-Thru! THAT was packed solid as well! I'm not sure if this was a usual occurrence and now I wonder if it does happen every day - Guess I'll have to have run more in the morning to find out. One thing for certain, it put me in the mood for a tasty Dunkin' Donut this morning.