So I had this bright idea that I could get up early and go for a run before I would normally even get up…….I’m not entirely certain whether it was a genius idea or the stupidest thing ever.<\/p>\n
I hate mornings…..with a passion.<\/p>\n
My little boys need to be at school at 8:35am. I consider it a win if I crawl out of bed before 8am.<\/p>\n
I try my hardest to do EVERYTHING the evening before: lunches packed, backpacks packed, outfit picked out, coats and shoes ready to go…..<\/p>\n
That way….we get up, get dressed, brush teeth, eat breakfast and head out the door.<\/p>\n
When I run, I typically do so after I drop the kids off at school, but I find that “the morning” is taken up by eating breakfast, checking social media, dawdling around….and then there is the post run shower and by the time that’s over, it’s almost noon.<\/p>\n
I figured that if I didn’t think about it too hard and got my running gear ready to go…..I could POP out of bed at 6am and run for half an hour and then still have time to shower and be available to help the kids by 7am.<\/p>\n
That’s a whole extra hour than I normally have…….it’s got be to a good idea, right?<\/p>\n
I went to bed at a decent time and managed to sleep for 7 hours – Yay me! The alarm went off at 6am and I’ll be honest…..I did not just jump out of bed. I really contemplated not doing it but finally jumped out of bed at 6:18am.<\/p>\n
I threw my gear on and was good to go for 6:26am. Yay me. It wasn’t as bad as I anticipated but it wasn’t the same as running during the day or in the evening when I’m more warmed up and limber. I’m still running really slow and taking it really easy since the whole “shin splint” episode. Things are slowly getting better and I’ll be back at it in no time, I’m sure.<\/p>\n
I was excited to finish at 7:01am and ran up to take a shower…..I was a little later than I originally planned but still WAY earlier than usual.<\/p>\n
During my run I had a thought flash through my mind……as awesome as it is to be done the run and to have extra hours in the day – what that really means is more hours to clean the house. While that’s awesome as far as actually taking care of my home, I hate house cleaning. <\/p>\n
I was also a little nervous about being hungry all day or the dreaded 3pm crash. <\/p>\n
I really wasn’t too hungry, but man!!!! By 3pm, I was BAGGED! I’ve managed to make it through the evening, and I’ve gotten a TON done today but I’ll be heading off to bed sooner rather than later.<\/p>\n
I’m still trying to decide if I’m gonna try another early morning run on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Oh and I managed to freak the crap out of Jon and the kids…..NO ONE is used to seeing me up that early and it really threw them all for a loop. Throughout the day, I had different ones asking me what was wrong? What was up? And what was I thinking? <\/p>\n
From that standpoint, it’s nice to shake them all up once in a while. Gotta keep them guessing!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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