morning bums support group

Naners, should we post here in the thread the night before if we have an early morning workout planned? 

If so, I plan to get up at 5:30 AM and get in either an hour of running or biking... not sure - but either way, I need to HTFU outta bed and get busy training.  If not, let me hear it Bums!!

For those who were unable to rise n shine this morning (bums!)  Here are a few alarm clocks that may help with our cause.

 The tantrum-throwing alarm clock (cute!)

http://www.hammacher.com/publish/75884.asp 

 The Runaway Alarm Clock

http://www.hammacher.com/publish/74132.asp

Eeesh, that rolling alarm clock is cruel!  Genius, but cruel.

I dunno.  That would definitely work.  I think it depends on the level of involvement people want.  What does everyone think?

I, for one, plan on getting up tomorrow morning and going for a jog.  If I don't I may look into one of redlv's alarm clocks.

If not I am going to leave you a horrifyingly embarassing inspire.  And I give you permission to do the same.

And by embarrasing, I mean even more embarrasing than the first, terribly run Ironman New Delhi.

My plan for tomorrow is get up at 4:45am and drive to the gym for a treadmill tempo. Running on the streets at this time of the day is too dangerous (traffic-wise)...

Good luck everyone!

Welcome to the harassment support group, offthegrid.

Okay...so you really want the rest of us to hate you

As of yesterday:"My plan for tomorrow is get up at 4:45am and drive to the gym for a treadmill tempo".

As of this morning: Woke up at 4:50am, got to the gym and ran (almost) as planned. The overhead of gym training is way to high...

Great job on getting up and doing it!! Way to go - DC!

My thoughts exactly!  But, it appears that most of us actually rolled out of bed this morning.  

Good morning all,

I really need to join this group. Evening workouts are out for me and tho I'm a stay at home mum I simply feel too guilty if I spend all my day time hours training and the family comes home and there's no food and the house is a sty. Oh and it's school holidays...if I don't get up...no workout!

Anyway, I did manage to get up at 5:00am this morning(Friday) to do my run. I'm very proud of myself.

Tammie

I soooooo NEED this group!!!! I am not a morning person but I need to workout in the mornings because I simply just don't have the energy to workout in the evenings after work. I also prefer to leave my evenings for family activities.

I am also training for my first marathon and morning runs are much cooler and more comfortable. I managed to get up 3 times this week. I actually got up this morning, but I have a hard time getting out there to run while it's dark!! I hate it that the sun doesn't rise until 7 a.m. Anyone else have the same problem?

I'm hoping that being in this group will help me meet my goals of getting up in the morning for my runs and my workouts.

My official workout tomorrow is my long run at 6:30 a.m. I will definitely get up for that one, but you may leave me nice comments!

Hi zeefraugtries!

I am pretty much in the same boat as you. I prefer mornings as I would like to devote more time to family activities and rest after work. I am also training for my first marathon and don't really like to run when it is dark. 

This week I went to the gym for my morning (treadmill) run. I don't think that this will work for me as there is too much overhead associated with that - and therefore, I can run less time and a shorter distance than otherwise. Given that, I will keep running on the streets, in the dark - but with a flashlight.

Good luck tomorrow!

Thanks for the welcome Ronen!!

I don't like running in the dark either, especially being a woman and running alone. However, it will be the only way to get my training runs in during the week. I've resolved to try and make all my training runs...fell one short this week, but i am determined to get the rest in...I really want to improve on my times.

I look forward to learning from you on the joint marathon first-timer experience. Which one are you doing?

BTW, went to wal-mart and bought this light thingie you clip on your cap. It was in the sporting section (like hunting, near the flashlights). It's really cool, saw it on another runner...you will definitely be seen wearing that!