On Monday night I decided that I would get up early in the morning so I could run before heading to work. I got my clothes out, my i-pod set to the right music, and my shoes by the door. I set my alarm for 6:22am (for some unexplainable reason I don't like to set my alarm to go off at "normal" times). I went to bed thinking positive thoughts about getting up in the morning to exercise, of all things.
Tuesday morning the alarm annoyed me right on schedule. Of course I hit the snooze button, which only buys me 4 minutes. After the 4 minutes it beckoned again. This time I turned it off, rested another minute or so and then I actually got out of bed! I proceeded to get ready and follow through with my plan to run. I was out the door at 6:35 and on my way.
As I've said before I'm loosely following the Couch to 5K program. I chose to run week 4. At first I was pretty sleepy, but was able to shake that off during the 5 minute warm-up. I jogged the first 3 minute run interval and felt pretty good. The air was a bit thick from the humidity, but I handled it. By time I got to the final 5 minute run I was feeling the effects of not getting enough sleep the night before. About half-way through it I walked for roughly 30 seconds and then picked the pace back up to finish.
Despite the brief unscheduled walk, I did it!! I completed my first early run! I was so proud of myself and felt pretty good all day. I was even happier with the fact that I didn't have to worry all day about when I would be able to sqeeze in my run. I will definitely be doing some more early runs. It may be tough to get out of bed and get going, but it was so worth the payoff in the end!
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