Are there any non-morning triathletes?

Not a morning person, but thanks to Starbucks I CAN be.....

Honestly....coffee is my training aid.  I drink a cup before all of my morning workouts.

"Wee hours of the morning" is like 4:15 AM when I get up to get ready to go to work.  Most tris start around 8-9 AM (IM 7 AM)...the morning is half over by then!!!    I think a change may be in order. 

4:15 is not the wee hours - that is the time between night and day that only the evil and undead walk the earth...and donut makers.   Still looking for the 9:00 tri - even if it is a 7:00 it means getting up at 5:00 or earlier.  

I'm definitely not a morning person.  Heck, I woke up just now (8:45 - and that's early for a Sunday) and thought.. nah, it's too early to run. 

I just don't do morning training - period.  Can't do it!  I find excuses to sleep in.. so I just quit trying.  As such, I fit my training in on my lunch hour, right after work, or schedule my evening around it.  As for preparing myself for races, I try to wake up early a few days before the race.  That way, it doesn't come as such a shock to my system.  So.. if it's a Sunday race, I'll wake up at 6:30 on Thursday, 6:00 on Friday, 5:30 on Saturday and 5:00 on Sunday.

I know of a few races that have a 9am start, but they're up here in Canada.  PM me if you really really really want to know. 

The race I did last weekend was 10 am start. That was niiiice. (Except for the fact that I didn't sleep so well the night before so it didn't really matter.)

I loves me some sleep.  I hate early morning workouts and even if my head is ready for them I normally feel sluggish.  I do most of my training during lunch and after work on weekdays and in the afternoon on weekends.  I've tried to fit in morning training but I just can't do it consistently and realize that they don't work for me.  Train when you feel best and you know you will consistently hit your workouts.

 As far as race mornings, come on, it's race morning.  I never have a problem getting ready, just get enough sleep the previous two nights and a big cup of strong coffee.

I don;t mind working out in the morning as long as it is after 8 am!!!  I think that as you get into the habit of working out you find that you get used to the hours you have.  I didn't like to work out at all in the morning until it was then or not at all.  I now find that my mornings (and day) go much better if I can get that workout in.  I also seem better able to concentrate in my classes after exercising.

BTW--I drink a cup of coffee each morning but that is all the caffeine I have for the day-most the time!!

Well, HRM tells me there is a pulse when I get up at those times, so undead is out.  Hmm, must make me evil.  Moohaa haa!!

If I had my druthers, I'd wake at 730 am. But because of family etc, I am forced to get up at 440 am during the week to hit the gym. (after work hours just don't work anymore now that I'm married and have a family).

I wish races started at like 9 am (vs 7-8) That way I'd have a better chance of getting my hubster up and to a race at it's start time!