The hardest part of an early morning workout is almost always getting out of bed.
The best part is the feeling of accomplishment that you get from having worked out and showered before your baby is up (and my husband too, but that’s an easy one!), often between 7:30 and 8.
I only wish I had listened to my body. I was not ready for an 8-mile run today. But I had planned this run with my girlfriends and did not want to cut it short. My knees on the other hand wanted to so badly. As I lay in bed, Advil-ed up, and fully hydrated, I just beg for foregiveness and pray that I can still walk tomorrow. At times, you just need to learn your lessons the hard way.
I’m planning to resume my shorter 6am runs and listen to what my legs and lungs are saying. I have a few events on the calendar I’d like to get ready for. This is not the time to get injured!
Triathlon is an endurance sport, especially when it comes to training! I needed to be reminded of that.
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You are a trooper! Why do your knees hurt? Feel better! Glad to read that you fully hydrated. Looking forward to hear what’s on your upcoming race calendar!
Get some rest!
I think my knees had forgotten how to run… or maybe I decided to run long too soon? Now I’m scared to injure myself for real. We’ll see how it feels tomorrow morning, I took the day off today & yesterday. I need to actually fill out my calendar, I keep playing with dates in my head, but nothing beats committing on paper! I will keep you posted with what’s on the horizon! How about you — any more races before baby? You may only have a few days left… Time to rest silly! He’s on his way!!
So I know I’m reading this WAY after the fact, but now I feel bad about pushing our already late 4:30 run to 8:30PM on Monday!! That’s definitely not ‘getting it done early.’ Hopefully you can consider it the ‘warm-up’ for your Tuesday 6am run.
Michele, extreme weather calls for exceptions. How else are we supposed to beat the tropical heat and humidity??