# What were these night runners wearing?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 11, 2018, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-these-night-runners-wearing/817693 "2018-07-11T02:10:17Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 11, 2018, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-these-night-runners-wearing/817693/1 "2018-07-11T02:10:17Z")

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I’ve seen groups of runners wearing these things twice, and it defies my ability to tell google what they are so I can learn more about them.

I would guess that they’re made of something like silicon, and they’re sort of a lit up backpack. It reminds me of an octopus in shape, if the octopus only had four arms. The light radiates through the ovalish main body, and through all four arms (which have to be straps as they wind around the runner’s bodies, over the shoulder and under the arm). The lights, if I correctly recall, come in at least blue, pink/purple, and maybe a yellow or green.  
Whatever these lights rigs are, they do an excellent job making the runners noticeable to drivers.

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**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2018, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-these-night-runners-wearing/817693/2 "2018-07-11T02:17:36Z")

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[Tracer360](https://www.noxgear.com/tracer360)  
There have been lighted running vests for a number of years in various forms.

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**Post date:** [July 11, 2018, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-these-night-runners-wearing/817693/3 "2018-07-11T02:26:55Z")

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I’ve seen people wearing these at the Ragnar, but I can’t figure out who makes them.

ETA: Oh, of course **running coach** knows about them!

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**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2018, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-these-night-runners-wearing/817693/4 "2018-07-11T02:48:43Z")

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> [@running\_coach](#):
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> [Tracer360](https://www.noxgear.com/tracer360)  
> There have been lighted running vests for a number of years in various forms.

That’s definitely them. They’re pretty neat 😃