When jogging in the dark, it is important to have good lighting on your path. This is especially true if your route does not only take you along paths with street lamps.
For this purpose, a Headlampideal. This not only helps you see, but above all helps you be seen, explains Urs Weber from the trade magazine “Runners World”.
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This makes runners more visible, especially for cyclists, because bicycles do not have lights as strong as cars.
Find the right headlamp
How intense the lamp should be depends on the intended use and is a matter of perception. What is too bright for one person is too dark for another. According to Weber’s assessment, headlamps with 100 lumens “provide a result that will get most people a long way.”
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But it is important that you can see clearly where you are looking. “You are always a few steps ahead, and a good headlamp must make this possible: that you can see from ten meters away whether there is an object in your way,” says Weber.
For this reason, the light beam should not be too small, but should spread out a bit. If you wear glasses or wear a hat, you should check whether the headlamp is compatible with them when you buy it.
Hips or chest should also glow
Alternatives are lamps that you wear with a belt around your waist or in front of your chest. “One advantage is that you don’t shine the light in other people’s faces when you’re out and about in a group and standing together,” says Weber. “That can be uncomfortable with the bright LED lamps.”
Compared to the headlamp, the solutions for the hips and chest are an adjustment at first because the cone does not come from completely above. “With larger objects, the shadow is therefore somewhat larger,” says Weber. “But that is not really a disadvantage.”
Another way to be better seen by drivers or cyclists is reflective running clothing.
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