Then there are those who work such long days that only nighttime is left for recreation. Some working parents can exercise only after the kids have gone to bed. Health clubs started staying open around the clock years ago to accommodate professionals with long hours. N.Y. Streets free of daytime crowds are inviting to joggers and bikers, and, for jaded city dwellers, the darkened outdoors can represent a new frontier. Dessert is Moon Pies.
Night makes things more adventurous.
It also makes things more dangerous. For later-hour jaunts, the club offers to pair up joggers who have the same preference for distance, pace and start times. The risks of night recreation have sparked a new high-visibility business. For late-night joggers, Reflective Technologies Inc. in Cambridge, Mass., this spring began selling IllumiNite jackets and shorts, with tiny, highly reflective disks woven into the fabric. Two seasons ago, Nike Inc. made reflectors standard equipment on its running shoes.