The astronomer says what?

OK, I know I'm an astronomer and all but since when did it start getting so dark so early??? Stupid Earth tipped over, stupid daylight savings. I planned to do my short 30-minute run around 4pm today. I got waylaid with some other stuff and didn't get out until just after 4:30pm. I figured this was fine. After all, it was only 30 minutes, forcryingoutloud. Well, somewhere around the 20 minute mark I was running in the dark. D'oh! At least I was on campus where there are decent lights for most of the way. I had to make some adjustments to avoid parts of my loop that go into some of the residential areas which have no street lights and the short section where the sidewalk consists of ankle-twisting brickwork which is a challenge to navigate even in broad daylight. Despite my efforts to stay out of harms way I still almost got smashed by a car. Granted I was wearing dark shorts and a black fleece pull-over - not the best outfit for running in the dark - but you'd think that my pasty white legs would be hard to miss. In the end it was a decent run. I stayed warm, out from under tires, and I didn't face plant. I also managed 8:44 splits but it was only 3.5 miles. From now on I'll make sure to be done with my runs before sundown.