Who trains in the late evening?

I have younger kids (5 and 7) and am not a morning person, so I do most of my workouts at night, usually after 9:00 pm. 

I'm mainly competing in Sprint distance races, so most workouts are an hour or less and I usually wind down with about an hour of TV.

I know it goes against the expert's advice for getting decent sleep, but falling asleep, even after a hard workout, has never been a problem for me. 

I'm an evening exerciser.  I hate early mornings (except for seeing the sunrises) and would much rather finish my day with a workout than start it that way.  I've gotten on the bike as late as 10 p.m. and done runs that late as well.  I usually pretty tired afterwards and can generally fall asleep within an hour or so after finishing.  I only do sprints right now and do my shorter workouts on weekday evenings, then longer ones on weekends during the day works well for me. 

I often start training about 5:30 after work. In the winter I ride out to the velodrome, do a workout there and ride home. In the summer I ride out to the weekly crit races, race and ride home, so often get home at 9:30 or 10. It works fine for me. I go to be at 11 and I'm up at 7am.

Last night after a very busy day in which I swam during my lunch hour, took my son to baseball practice after work, yardwork after that, I still had a trainer session to do.  75 minutes starting at about 9:00pm.  Had dinner about 10:30 and to bed about 11:15.  A fairly typical day.

Today I'm going to try to get a short run in during lunch.  Another little league game this evening and will try to put in an hour on the trainer when I get home.

I've always wished I could train in the morning.  I love the early morning but I don't sleep well and have never been able to get going in the morning.

I have also gone to later time - like you, it would be great to do in the mornings but it just doesn't seem to happen.  Very important to do what will actually work. 

Two main factors: I have tri swim group two evenings a week and a toddler. She is an amazing sleeper and goes down to sleep very consistently at 8pm (whether she stays asleep is another issue) so that makes it the most consistently available time without rushing.

I do a few workouts at lunch when it works out well with my schedule - generally run or yoga (studio across the street from work)

But I do dawdle and the couch is the vortex of lost time ... i wish i could say I always screw up the motivation but i guess that is true of most people no matter when they work out. 

It does impact sleep sometimes - riding the trainer is always sweaty and even if i shower I have wet hair and that keeps me up later.  I think hydration is important because i sleep okay but will take a while or i'll wake up if i don't drink enough water. I might read a bit before actual lights out to settle down. 

I am just happy to keep getting it in. Life is busy and it makes me feel good even if i am tired.  I justify and say that i would be tired anyway because I have a little one at home and sleep schedules are not predictable.