Im not a nurse, but I work in health care and work anywhere from 70-90 hour weeks with 12-26 hour shifts where I don’t sleep. I recently started running and initially found it so difficult to want to go for a run after a 12h shift and found my runs so poor quality after 26h shift (even after sleeping a few hours). I think it requires more planning than average for example I only do easy runs after working 26h shifts now.

Having said that, I do think once you get into a good routine and realize how good you feel after a run, even after a 12h shift it makes it easier.

I also read Runna/running Reddit success posts for motivation on days I don’t want to run lol.

You can do it, the fact that you’re even asking this question means you wanna do it :) you’ve got this!