Maybe I really am a morning person. Who knew?

Remember last week when I complained about waking up on the weekend at the same time I usually get up for work? Well, what happens when it's hot out during the week and the only time it's cool enough to run is in the morning? I'll tell you what happens: I have to get up earlier than I usually do for work!

This week was a hot and humid one, so Tuesday-Thursday I wanted to do my running before work because it was still going to be hot after work. Personally, I cannot run on an empty stomach, and I also cannot run immediately after eating. So, what does this mean? It means I not only have to get up early enough to give myself enough time to run, but also to eat, digest, and then run. Despite the ridiculous time that my alarm was set for on Tuesday morning, I managed to get up, eat, pack my lunch while I was digesting, and run. It was actually kind of refreshing to be up so early and get so much accomplished before I felt like my day had even started. I even ended up getting to work earlier than I usually do!

Wednesday was not the same story. I don't know if it was the fact that I had done a longer run the previous weekend and then a "longer than usual" Tuesday run, or the fact that I had gotten up so early the day before, or the fact that I knew in the back of my mind it wasn't going to be as hot that day, or a combination of all of those, but I could not drag myself out of bed when my alarm went off ridiculously early. Luckily the temperature was below 80 by the time I got home from work that day, and I was able to run then.

Comparing these two days, I must say that as much as I hate waking up to an alarm and getting up earlier than necessary, I would much rather run early in the morning than later in the day. It is always so much easier because I don't feel like I'm carrying around the food that I've been eating all day, and my body isn't tired from managing 24 third graders all day. Not to mention the peaceful quiet and getting to watch the sunrise! It's also a great feeling to have a big item on the day's "to-do list" checked off so early in the day. Obviously now that school is out I won't have to get up quite as early during the week to run, but when school starts again in the fall, this may become my new routine!

Miles this week: 12 miles
Weeks of training finished: 11 weeks
Total miles of training: 117 miles