Are there any non-morning triathletes? (Page 2)

Or you could enter races that are a couple of time zones behind you.  It might say 8am on the clock, but it'll feel like 10!

I am totally not a morning person. Luckily I start work at 3 pm so I can do my workouts at 11 am and it works for me.

As for the days of the tris...I just have to suck it up..I hate it.

We have a local tri that has its start time dictated by the high tide. The first year I did it it started at 11 am...Yay!  Everyone else complained about the late start. This past year it was at 8 am...blah

I am SOOOOOOOOOOO not a morning person!

But...if I don't get at least one workout in before work, one of two things happens.  Either I miss my workouts completely because that time I "thought I had" disappears for one reason or another, OR...I do have time but I don't get home until WAY late and miss another morning workout because of it.

I really started getting up early when I lived in TX.  I had to learn to get up horribly early on weekends because if you didn't start your run or ride at 6 when it was ony 90 degrees, it was going to be even worse than that later in the day.

I was MUCH better at getting up early when I knew someone else was meeting me at the gym.  I didn't want to be the one that didn't show up or showed up late...so I got my butt moving.  No one meets me anymore...I should find a friend!  My body takes to swimming in the mornings better than anything else.  Not sure why...but that is the only early w/o I can usually handle.

As for races...the nerves/adrenaline get me out of bed. Still hurts, but I'm too antsy to sleep.

I dunno...there is just something nice about having all or half your workouts done BEFORE you get to work.  I would be in bed sleeping right now so I could get up early to swim...if I could sleep...dammit.   Tomorrow will be a LONG day!

I hate mornings too. But, I do my swimming in the morning before work. It's the least offensive of the 3 in the morning. I get up at 5:15 and am at the pool by 6- can get a one hour workout in. I bribe myself to get out of bed that early with thoughts of sleeping until 7 the rest of the week. (I swim Tues and Thurs). Don't have the luxury of getting workouts in at lunch, so it's after work for the rest of them.

When summer gets here, I'll have to get up super early on the weekends to get my long run and bikes in before it gets too hot. But it's worth it to avoid the 90-100 degree weather. I just promise myself a nap in the afternoon....

I hate it, but I have to ask myself how bad do I want to be a triathlete. Usually that gets me out of bed.

Good luck

PS- I don't do coffee either. BUT I LOVE ME SOME DIET COKE!

Ditto.

I'm a night owl by nature, but have to train in the morning for necessity.  With 2 kids at home, I refuse to take away from their time after work, so I work out in the mornings before work.  I've found this actually have a lot of benefits:

1. I usually go to bed earilier and sleep better.
2. I have more energy throught the rest of the day.
3. I'm "sharper" right off the bat at work instead of taking a few hours to get in a groove.
4. My workouts are easier - I'm not running late from anything where I have to compromise giving up a routine.