Hi everyone!
Im really trying my best to get out and run in the mornings before i go to work as that fits in best with ma lifestyle, but I just cant bring myself to get out of bed! iv tried countless times but just always end up snoozing the alarm!!
any tips please from people who had a similiar problem or people who always run in the morning would be appreciated!
Im open to all ideas and suggestions!!
Thanks
S xx
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getting very frustrated!
think ill just have to force myself!
Plus if you put the alarms away from the bed then you have to get up and out of bed to turn it off.
The one think that did work for me was a shake awake alarm clock: http://www.deafequipment.co.uk/store/viewProduct.do?id=708
Get up ludicrously early so you can hardly believe what you're doing, so you're sort of watching yourself thinking "am I actually doing this?"
Once you're out there it's fantastic. And you feel so superior getting back having run <insert no. miles as appropriate> miles when everyone else is only just emerging.
Right im giving it another go on Monday!gonna set 3 Alarms! I think id jump out of my skin with that alarm clock man of steel!
what do u guys eat before u run in morning? cos i dont wanna run on an empty stomach but dont wanna be full?
I do most of my runs in the morning from spring to late autumn, about 5:45am. The feeling of being up and out at that time is amazingly peaceful not to mention the smuggness you feel all day and of course the fact that the whole evening is yours to do whatever you please. Remember it only takes doing something 21 times for it to become a habit!
I don't eat beforehand just a cup of coffee to kick start me and I find this is fine for me as I am only doing about 3.5 miles and don't like to eat for about two hours before running.
I too am a bit of a wuss on the dark morning although logically I don't know if there are any rapists/muggers/murderers or chavs about so early in the winter, it is prbably safer than the evening! I think it ios something about the quiet lonliness that is a bit spooky!
Anyway good luck, I thoroughly reccomend morning running and please keep us posted.
Beans
How did the morning run go? No matter how hard I try, I just can't get myself together enough in the mornings to run, I live about 4 miles from work, so it would be ideal, even just to get some miles out the of way before work. Have kind of accepted that I'm just not a morning enough kind of person to run in the mornings before work. Let me know if you're managing and maybe it'll inspire me to haul myself up a bit earlier..
Clare
My tip if you need an alarm clock - set the alarm, and then put it on the floor as far away from your bed as possible. That way, you have to get out of bed to switch it off and hopefully you will then stay out of bed!
Good luck.
First thing in the morning is my absolute favourite time to run. It honestly revitalises you for your entrie day.
CT.
ps. - have a nice glass of water waiting at the side of your bed when you wake up...it may be luke warm but it'll help!
I decided at the outset that the only real opportunity to get a regular run in during the week was before work, as I didn't get in from work until 7 most days and it would be nice to see my family and have something to eat when I did.
I'm not really a morning person and the prospect of swapping the duvet for a pair of trainers at 6 in the morning hardly filled me with glee.
However I have managed to do this 5 times a week for the last 6 months and I think there have been two reasons why.
Firstly I didn't have any choice in the matter. It was either get up and run then or not run at all. The latter seemed like a good option at times.
The second is that if you can do this, you can do anything. You really want to have to do this though. If you can drag your back off the bed when you've got an interval session to go and do, then I figure you will be up for any challenge.
It is never as bad as you think when you get out there and like others have said you can feel smug for the rest of the day.
Mike Tyson used to train in the middle of the night because it gave him a mental edge knowing he was working while his opponents were asleep. Sounds like sound logic to me. Now what ever happened to that nice Mr. Tyson?
The thing is once you're up and out it feels great. And, as people have previously said, you feel great all day sat at work knowing you've done all your training for the day already!
So, fingers crossed, come 6am tomorrow morning I'll be out there....
tomorow will be my first real attempt to get my bum out of bed and on the road! (was away all weekend and not been home yet - stayed at bf's last night!)
so if i dont do it.. well u all have my permission to say really mean things to me!!
wish me luck!
S xx
I used to run early mornings but after having not run for a few months and just started again these last few weeks I've been generally running in the evenings but want to get back into early morning running again soon
FGS - I normally would do about 3 or 4miles in the morning and do a long slow run on a weekend morning, whichever hasn't had alcohol the night before and of course then this can be a bit later than the usual 6am.
My choice for morning running came about really a from when I started 3 years ago and we had a summer of sorts. I simply found it too warm in the evenings and always ended up with a thumping headache. So I swapped to the much cooler mornings and found that I really enjoyed my plods at that time of the day.
No problem with the heat this year though!