The Night Run

Given the absolutely ridiculous heat lately and a huge fail of a run on Monday (I quit after 3, when I wanted to do 6.2), I decided that I'm going to go for an evening run today. I am going to discuss this experience in a series of pros and cons:

Night Run v. Day Run

Pro: it's not as hot because there's no sun

Con: because there's no sun, you can't work on the tan

Pro: there are fewer tourists on the Mall

Con: said tourists have significantly worse visibility

Pro: nobody sees you look like crap at the end of your run

Con: nobody sees you look awesome at the beginning of your run

Pro: you get to see the fireflies glowing by the Reflecting Pool

Con: you don't see the gnats that you run into around the Reflecting Pool

Pro: the monuments at night are much prettier

Con: the runners at night are definitely not prettier

We will see if I ever get my lazy ass out of bed before work to evaluate the merits of an early morning run...but that is definitely not happening in the near future.