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Tuesday, November 18, 2008

A new philosophy on night workouts

Today's Run: 3.0 miles
Run Time: 36:29 minutes
Total Miles to Date: 845.9 miles

Thoughts on the Run:

These past few weeks have really changed my perspective on evening workouts.

I've traditionally - and that's for the past decade - focused on training in the morning. The morning seems logical. It takes great discipline to wake up in the morning and form that new habit, but then you get down there, do your thing, and you're done with it for the day.

Only with an abundant schedule like mine, I've found my view has flipped. It's ... struggle in the morning after getting possibly not enough sleep, labor to get a workout done, then stress throughout the day that you'll wrap it up in time to get to bed at a decent hour so you can catch up on sleep and wake up in time to train.

Doesn't sound like fun, does it? It isn't, and it left me with a very inconsistent schedule.

So, banking on the premise that when I have had a full day behind me, despite possibly feeling tired or worn out, that I probably have MORE willpower to do what's necessary, I decided to train in the evenings.

The result?

I love it.

First, the typical evening workouts always had an escape clause for me to roll to the next day. Now that I know it's my plan, I don't give myself time to think or talk myself out of it. I come home with the expectation I will train, and then just do it. My willpower is there and I get it done and I always end up feeling great.

Second, it is AWESOME for sleep. Training in the evening (with a few hours afterward) has me falling asleep instantly ... I used to keep a bottle of melatoninhandy to help fall asleep ... not any more! And waking up is a PLEASURE because I wake up to get ready, have a nice breakfast, and head into the office, not to do some grueling training on a half empty stomach.

So, my philosophy is changing ... we'll see how it continues to go ... ever onward!

Warmly,

Jeremy Likness

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