Why was Walter sprinting late at night in Get Out
When Chris goes out for a cigarette after arriving at the Armitage's house in Get Out, the groundskeeper Walter intensely sprints toward Chris before darting in another direction and running off into the woods.
Later when Chris introduces himself to Walter, Walter apologises
Sorry if I startled you last night when I was doing my exercise.
As Chris was later hypnotised he doesn't really remember the event and it is somewhat dismissed.
Why was Walter exercising so late at night? Is there anything to infer here about the 'real' Walter wanting to run away from his 'host' (Roman Armitage)?
Best Answer
As explained in the movie (and quoting here from the "Villains Wikia"):
Roman is the husband of Marianne Armitage, the father of Dean Armitage, the father-in-law of Missy Armitage, and the grandfather of Rose and Jeremy Armitage. According to Dean, Roman participated in the 1936 Olympics, but lost to the famous Jesse Owens.
Unable to take his loss seriously, Roman pathetically developed a hatred towards (and obsession with) black people and founded the Order of the Coagula to perfect a process - kidnapping black people in order to brainwash them and to implant the brains of old relatives and friends into the bodies of the far younger and fitter black people. As Roman and Marianne grew old, Dean (taking over as the new leader of the Order) used the family's groundskeeper Walter and housekeeper Georgina as new vessels for the dying Roman and Marianne. Ever since then, Roman used Walter's body to become more athletic and stronger until the film's events.
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As mentioned, Roman lost to Jesse Owens on the 1936 Olympics, and founded the Order of the Coagula, he used Walter's body as a vessel because Walter is athletic and he wanted to continue running.
The main reason he was sprinting late at night is that he was trying to beat Jesse Owens' record, as confirmed by Jordan Peele in this interview to Vanity Fair.
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