I just started to run this week following this training schedule:
http://www.runnersworld.co.uk/news/article.asp?SP=&v=1&UAN=47And I have noticed that I am sleeping allot better and getting off to sleep allot easier, which is great as for years I've struggled to get a good nights sleep. I don't think I'll be giving up running any time soon just so I can keep getting a good nights sleep!
DanielB
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I don't think running has much effect on my sleeping, but darn glad it works for you
I hope you keep enjoying your running.
And congrats on starting running.
Regular running does help to contribute to good sleep - probably because you're so tired!
I also find that if I have a moderate amount of alcohol at the weekend I tend to sleep pretty well - BUT the reverse is true during the week when I find that drinking alcohol keeps me awake, causes me to wake early if asleep and plays havoc with my body temperature. How weird is this??
I am planning some hill work by the coast over the weekend (good salt air in the lungs). and then a long run next week. I certainly found that when I ran I slept as much but didn't feel as tired during the day.
Iron wolf glad to see you, have things got any better over Christmas and into the New Year?
Doesn't mean I'm not tired - often very very tired. I find under such circs, for occasional use only, paracetamol works wonders.
Recently, when I have been for a run after work in the horrible cold weather I find myself falling asleep by about 9pm... Surely this is not good! Also, it's not like I don't need it because once I have woken up again, I go to bed straight away and sleep right through until about 7.30am.
I don't understand!?! I always thought that exercise was supposed to energise you.
Any ideas?
In my dim and distant youth I did 6 weeks of very heavy fitness training and was fast asleep by 9pm every night.
Also discovered that I couldn't drink any alcohol at all as it affected my running first thing in the morning, and accidentally discovered carbo-loading, before I had ever heard of it. Lived on pasta for the last four weeks of the course.
I have found myself having really serious cravings for all things with huge amounts of carbohydrates... Pasta and mashed potatoes and rice...(plus chocolate... Hhmmm). It isn't like I am stopping myself from eating them but I know that I don't need as much of it as I am craving.
I love running... I really do but being in bed by 9pm every night is killing my social life. My friends think I'm turning in to an old woman.
Please help me!
off home now, see you around the forum!