Given a choice I always prefer to run early in the morning. I am a morning person by nature and I like to fit my runs in soon after I wake. I don't eat before I run I just have a coffee before I hit the road.
The great thing about this is you can get in your run often whilst the rest of the family are still asleep. Running out on the roads or trails is also better early in the morning as you encounter less people,less traffic and less dogs.
Running first thing early in the morning means for me there is no conflict. By this I mean that later in the day there are often more choices; more places I have to be;meals at lunch and evening time and the problem of not running for 2-3 hours afterwards. For me this all adds up to more temptation not to run.
However today it was 5pm before I got out of the house for a run. This morning there was a large car boot sale to attend to at 8am so no run. After returning from this I then felt the need for breakfast and not running. Mid day it was warm and sunny and I tend to avoid this part of the day to run so 5pm was when I got out of the door.
After a large pizza I still noticed this when I ran and it took me a while to get in to my stride. I tend to know early in a run how it it is going to go whether it is going to be a stormer full of energy running like the wind, an OK run but not a lot of extra push or a tired going through the motions kind of run.
Today was an OK run . I did 8.11,8.39,8.43,8.17,8.25,8.29 and 8.24 for a total of 59.12 for 7 miles.
Its good that you got your run in anyways, regardless of pace, etc.. I am the same way in the morning, (when I wake up). Coffee, and some fluids, then off I go where ever that may be. Take care.
ReplyDeleteI'm with you on the morning runs. I used to do all my training in the evenings, but have lately started running into work. I don't enjoy getting up, but it's fine once I get going and it sets you up nicely for the rest of the day.
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