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Running in the dark safely starts with ensuring your visibility.
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(She likesNoxgearproducts, which provide great illumination and visibility.)
It is important to be visible and wear brighter clothing with reflective elements.
To stay safe on those dark roads, your gear choice to improve visibility is super important.
Driversno matter the time of daycan be distracted.
Never assume a driver will stop for you or give you the right of way.
So play a proactive role in helping yourself stay seen and safe during your dark runs.
Here are 14 products that runners use to log their early-morning or late-night miles.
Plus, its super lightweight, made out of durable mesh and elastic.
Its super bright and perfectly obnoxious!
Its also comfortable and doesnt move at all during my run.
Plus, its more than just a reflective vestit lights up!
It can be a solid color or it can be flashing lights.
It makes my presence known from blocks away.
Running at night or early mornings, I need to be seen by traffic.
We live in a busy town, and safety is always my number-one priority when running.
I love the look of these and how comfortable they are.
Plus, it comes with a cute mesh bag to store it in.
Its affordable, lightweight, and a high-quality material with easy adjustable buckles.
Brilliant Reflective Strips
Stick these reflective strips on literally any surfacefrom jacket to backpack to water bottle.
Theyre machine-wash-safe and come in three different colors.
Theyre extremely reflective and can be seen up to 600 feet.
This has a great battery life and bright light for early-morning and late-night runs.
It can even fit theFlipBelt water bottlesinside.
I love how the FlipBelt fits around the waist and moves with me while Im running.
Theyre also waterproof and come with USB chargers and a charging dock.
Having a better grip on where to land your feet does wonders in preventing silly injuries.
I love that I can charge it, versus lights that eat up battery life.
Theyre battery-powered and come in five fun and flashy designs.
I love the smiley faces on them, even if most people wont be able to see them!
It is really bright and keeps you visible to people and cars from behind.
And it also comes in 31 fun colors and material design options.
Its minimal and carries my phone comfortablyI feel safe if I have my phone with me.
I can use it to call in emergencies and it keeps me from getting lost.
Or I can call a car if I need to cut my run short.
The Spibelt for me is a minimal and comfortable way to carry my phone with easy access.
These are the same design concept.
A bit thicker, they come in a two-pack and offer five fun, reflective colors.
I can wear the bands on either my wrists or my ankles.
They stay in place when Im running and do not bounce around or come off.
Fabletics has a very wide variety of colors and styles when it comes to their shorts.
Lululemon Hotty Hot Short II
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These four-inch shorts were designed for running.
I started buying bright colors to wear in early morning runs, as they can be easily seen better.
These shorts are comfortable, wicking, and bright enough to be seen.
Kristina Baum, runner in Washington, D.C.
Available in sizes 0 to 14.
