Early morning running has really never agreed with me. Yes, we could debate whether my definition qualifies as early, but whatever. When I've done this in the past, I've always felt very sluggish (but also pretty heroic for being out there so early). As much as I enjoy my lunchtime runs, their length has turned into a problem. At this point my typical mid-week run lasts anywhere from 50 minutes to upwards of an hour. The reality is I'm away from my desk for the run duration plus an extra 25 minutes, and then land at my desk not having eaten lunch. My mid week runs are going to have to migrate to either early morning or after work.
I decided to try my easy day before work, I set the alarm for 6:05, only snoozed once, and actually managed to get myself out of the house around 6:25. I made an effort to go really slowly, but did get into a pretty typical rhythm after about a km. I went for 9 km, in 54 minutes. It wasn't great, but it wasn't horrible either. I had to rush a bit to stay close to schedule, but was at work just about 15 minutes later than normal (thanks for making my lunch sweetie!). I'm not sure if I could do a tempo day in the morning and survive the workday, but this seems ok for the easy runs.
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I wasn't going to argue your definition of early, I was actually really impressed.
Would love to see you comments on food intake . . .
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