Early morning runs get earlier...

What's with the whole days getting shorter thing?  It's still August and yet the sun wasn't up at 5:30 this morning when my alarm went off.  I don't know about you but I don't wake up quite as quickly when it's dark out.  I feel groggy, foggy and not altogether there.  And I have a strange habit that bothers the crap out of my wife.  It shows up whenever I get up before the sun.

I jump when the alarm goes off.

I don't mean twitch or jerk, I mean jump.  Covers flying, leap out of bed, knock over my glass of water while trying to turn the alarm off.  When our beagle was still with us she would bark at me.  Absolute mayhem.

But I still wasn't awake.

I'd get the alarm turned off and then just wobble there next to the bed trying to figure out if I was vertical or not while my wife and dog would be fuming. Once I determined that I was upright, I would then decide whether or not I felt like running.  If I got back in bed my wife really gets ticked.  Not that I'd notice until breakfast, because I'd be unconcious before I actually laid back down again.  She's a light sleeper and her night is done when I pull that stunt.

Today, though, she's traveling on business so it was just me standing there blinking, then getting a towel to clean up the water, then looking out the window trying to figure out if it was really time to get up while scratching myself.  For a second I thought that might have been too much information, but if you've ever been around a guy in the morning, or you are a guy in the morning, then you know that's just part of the drill.

Made it outside and got 7 miles in timed at 54:13.

I'll be doing more long runs while trying to keep one speed workout in each week.

If you run with an iPod or MP3 player, you've got to get this song.  It's by Lady Dottie and the Diamonds and it flat out rocks.

If you're at your office crank this up full blast then watch the cubicle next to you.

 

I Ain't Mad At Ya - Lady Dottie and The Diamonds