I did it! I got up early and ran before work.....only made it 4 miles, but still followed through!
For those of you who don't know, I've never been a big "exercise before work" person and prefer to delay this physical labor as long into the day/evening as I can.
Last night I decided to change that. I'm burned out of not winding down at night until 8 or 8:30pm and trying to cram all my DVR shows into a couple of hours. I figured that I'm a comfortable runner now and just need a few warm up times before becoming a morning pro.
After trying (and failing) to think of an excuse this morning at 6am to NOT get out of bed and NOT run, I moped into the closet to change my clothes. Once outside, however, it was wonderful. The air was cool and crisp and no sun was beating down on my shoulders. It's not too humid yet and my energy level was surprisingly high. It DEFINITELY beat trying to run a 6pm when it's already getting up to 80 degrees. And lastly, the 'creepy' people that I'm always on the lookout for are surely snoozing away at this early in the morning!
The best part of it all? I'm DONE working out for the day by about 7am! I get to go home, relax and leisurely enjoy dinner with my husband!
Stay tuned. Morning run #2 being tested tomorrow morning.
5/21 UPDATE! My second morning run was just as strong and I again feel great having already completed that for the day. The problem I'm facing, however, is temperature. It's about a 10-15 degrees difference from the beginning of my run to the end so I'm trying to get that all worked out currently! Suggestions?
5/22 UPDATE! My third morning run was awesome.... again. I found an outfit that was a bit cooler by the end of my run and just sucked it up for the chilliness towards the beginning. Tomorrow, though, I'm letting myself sleep in an hour and running at 7am instead of 6am!
5/23 UPDATE! Stretched it to a 5 mile run today! Felt so good.
5/24 UPDATE! No running! Race day tomorrow
5/25 UPDATE! Ran the 8K in under 48 minutes which for me is great! The weather was amazing and the tiny rain sprinkles felt so revitalizing during the run!
Like you it took me a while to recognize the awesomeness of getting a workout done in the morning. I forced myself to do it for a week and it was so much more enjoyable in the long run...I actually found I had more energy during the day and was in a better mood overall. :) Nicely done, darlin'!
ReplyDelete...oh, and I completely didn't even think to see if you'd be at graduation. It wasn't until I saw Matt's picture blasted on the jumbotron that I thought about you being there. It would've been nice to say hi! Mike's brother walked, so we were in town for the weekend.