Last week I was able to wake up early every day of the week and go running before I got ready for and biked in to work. I think I have just about gotten my body used to doing this. I have had to wake up between 5:10 and 5:30 each morning, depending on how many miles I was going to run, to be able to do this with enough time before work.
To my surprise, it is actually not as tough to get up as I thought it would be. It basically all just boils down to going to bed early enough for my body to not go into shock when the alarm goes off at 5:30 (or earlier). I have to say though, I really really really like the way I feel going to bed early and getting up early and getting something so important to me done every day before I even go to work. It makes me feel like each day is going to be very productive when I am able to get a run in first thing in the morning.
I think I have learned another valuable life lesson. I have learned that if there is something I really want to get done, my best chance of making it happen is to do it in the morning before work. Since I bike to and from work and get tired doing that, and sometimes have stressful days at work, if I haven't done my run in the morning the likelihood of me doing it after work just keeps going down as the day progresses -- it's much safer to just make the sacrifice and wake up early. My total mileage this week between my early morning runs and my long run on Saturday was 26.
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