Evening workouts and sleeping

I figure I can either get up early to workout or get up early to go to work.  I choose to go to work at 6 so I can be out by 4:00.  I then go workout and am home by 6:00.  Either way I'd be home by 6:00 and I would rather go to work tired than workout tired.

I also go to sleep at 9:00 each night so I can be up by 4:40 each morning and out the door by 5:00.

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But, honestly, once your schedule becomes routine, falling asleep (or waking up early, whatever it may be) will become much easier.

I do most of my key workouts in the eve cuz I rather get to work early and leave early and because I am not much of a AM training person (except for weekends)  I try to be done by 8pm so I can have dinner and be in bed by 10-30ish although I am usually sleeping by 11pm at the latest. BTW, my PM sessions are usually between :30 to 1:30hrs  long at the most

I prefer morning workouts and get most of my runs done at this time as well as any strength training.  Unfortunately, the masters group I swim with gets access to the pool from 8:30 - 10:00 so swimming is done late as well as the men's league hockey I play on Sundays. 

I have not found it easy to get to sleep afterwards and have just put up with it.  I usually try to schedule my off day after one of the 3 late sessions or at least plan my running around them and I'll sleep in a little the next day and ride the bike after work.  The downside to this is the swim days wind up really long as I am up at 4 to run and it is usually after 11 before I hit the rack.

The only thing I have found that works is Advil PM, but I wont take them for this purpose.  If I need ibuprophen at night for something, then fine, but not just to get to sleep.