Ran 4 this morning. In light rain, it was nice to get out of the house and be alone in the early morning city. Planning to run during lunch tomorrow and Friday morning. Not sure when I'm going to get my long run in this weekend. Might have to forgo imbibing at my friend's b-day party on Saturday and run Sunday...

Zero. Sorry to sound like a whiner, but I've got nothing better to do, after all I'm not spending any time running! Buh.

Did 15K after work on the TM: 1st 5K a walk break after every 1000 meters at 9K/h. I then had to go to the bathroom. That's what I love about treadmill running. No need to jump behind bushes and worry that someone sees me. 2nd 5K I ran continuously at 9K/h and a 1 minute walkbreak at the end. 3rd 5K I ran continuously at 9.5K/h. After I did a short lower body workout: lunges, squats, plie squats and calfs. 3 sets of 10 reps. My medium run is getting so long that I can't fit it in in the morning anymore. 4:45AM is really the earliest I'm willing to get out of bed. So what do you guys do when the runs get longer? Do you get up earlier? How early?

Zero yesterday (Tues) hoping my knee and ankle spring back to life. Knee is noticably better but ankle still periodically hurts in a pressure like, turned it a certain way, doesn't hurt to touch, can't put my finger on it, somewhere inside the high ankle area, kind of thing. Gonna take another rest day and maybe do a test run on Friday before making a decision about my 8K on Saturday. Dutchie - I wish I were a morning runner but I'm not. In the summer, I have forced myself in the past to get up pre-dawn for runs (especially on business trips) but the reality is, I hate doing it. I typically have a hard time getting to sleep (or even much sleep at all) so mornings for me are slow. It would probably help my stress level at work if I did get up to run...I'd love to see some of my neighbors shuffling in their house slippers and robes, bed-head hair and all, getting the morning paper and being horrified at at anyone seeing them like that. People are funny.

4.3 today I have been struggling with getting my pace even to the low end of my easy run pace for the last few weeks and today I had the "If I cant run 10 minute miles, maybe I can run 9 minute miles" mentality. Ended up doing a progression run 10:45, 9:45, 9:20, 8:45 and a bit of 8:00 with a short cooldown. Feel better.

Only 3 miles so far this week. Blah! Still fighting this lingering cold. It's been hectic at work and it's taking me longer to recover than it really should. Today was the first day I've felt a lot better but I'm still really tired. Hopefully I'll be able to ramp my mileage back up next week. The bunny is getting away!

You don't want to hang yourself when the early alarm goes off after 2 or 3 hours sleep? Please tell me your secrets. Really...I mean, seriously, I'm interested.

One I have no choice. I have to get home before dh goes to work and in time to get dd up for school etc. Ther is no other time for me to run ever. When I started I remember getting up every day at 5:30 for a week, shutting off the alarm and going back to bed. The second week I got up, sat in the computer room for 15-20 minutes. The third week I actually made it out the damn door. It gets easier with time. And you will start going to bed earlier. My problem is I sleep a couple hours and then wake up and am jusssst drifting back to sleep when BRAAAANNNNNGGGGG Yes there are some mornings that I absolutely want to shoot myself rather than get up. This morning I was still in an Ambien fog (I normally wont take one the night before I run) it was pouring and the wind was blowing it at a 45 degree angle. The secret is I dont sleep in (much) on the days I dont run. Sleeping in for me is 6-6:30. The downside is dh is a night owl so we seriously dont overlap well. And it is 9:30 now and I am exhausted. During the summer when it is light out it isnt so hard. In the winter I would have a harder time. It is definitely easier this year because i have conned someone in to running with me and I know she will be out there. We live a mile apart, leave at ~ the same time and meet in the middle. Guilt works wonders. Also, since I am the type of insomniac who cant get BACK to sleep, usually I realize by the time I have almost talked myself in to going back to bed, that it is futile to think that I will get any more sleep before the kids wake up anyway.

It is definitely easier this year because i have conned someone in to running with me and I know she will be out there. We live a mile apart, leave at ~ the same time and meet in the middle. Guilt works wonders.

This would absolutely work for me! Unfortunately, I haven't found someone insane enough to run with me. If I think the night before that I may not get up in the early morning, I'll tell my boys that I'll take the dogs out on a run. There's no way I can back out of that one. But I'm too chicken to say I will always take the dogs out...... Sometimes, like this morning, my warm bed is much more appealing. BTW, running in daylight is so much more easy to do at 5AM. I have no problems getting up at all. It's the dark that's messing with my brain.