Night running in the rain

Sometimes I surprise myself. After a long day, I headed out at 8:40 pm for a run into the dark, rainy night. Turns out I had the best run in a long time. In fact, I think I prefer running at night and in the rain. Could it be there are fewer people on the running path? I don't want to be noticed as the slow runner? Of course it helps that I have a constant view of a lit up downtown Seattle while running on Alki.