getting out of bed
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Think about how much cooler it typically is early in the morning, not needing to apply sunscreen, the illusion of speed running in the dark generates, and the beauty of seeing an early sunrise during the latter half of your run. —
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Any advice on dragging my lazy butt out of bed at 7AM for a 30+ min. run? Its been getting harder and harder. Weather is not a negative factor. -hoz
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Try taking some time off !!! Sounds like you are in to over training.
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Any advice on dragging my lazy butt out of bed at 7AM for a 30+ min. run? Its been getting harder and harder. Weather is not a negative factor. -hoz
If you are *not* overtraining… Try getting up even earlier and spend the first 15-20 nminutes doing something that is not running related. I had similar trouble when I shifted from noontime running to early am running. I now get up at 5:30 and get some things done without looking at the clock. I plan my runs to start at 6:00am. By that time I am much more awake and able to actually see the ground in front of me. 
BTW, I don’t think I will ever be as ready to run in the morning as I was at lunchtime. Some people just can’t be that active that early. — … tramps like us, Share what you know. Learn what you don’t.
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Any advice on dragging my lazy butt out of bed at 7AM for a 30+ min. run?
If it’s just the fact of getting up, here’s what I’d do: Get a nice, loud alarm clock. Place it far, far away from your bed (still in the same room, of course). Personally, I tend to "snooze" my alarm up to 15 times when it’s right beside my bed, but when I know I have to get up at a given time (business meeting or whatever) I just place it somewhere else. Once I’m up it’s o.k. Frank — PGP welcome – Get key 0×7F37EFAF from any server
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Any advice on dragging my lazy butt out of bed at 7AM for a 30+ min. run? Its been getting harder and harder. Weather is not a negative factor.
How about finding a running partner? There may be others in your area with the same problem. John "But it’s still dark out" Green
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says… Any advice on dragging my lazy butt out of bed at 7AM for a 30+ min. run? Its been getting harder and harder. Weather is not a negative factor. -hoz
Try living with my two kids for a while — you’ll be up well before 7:00, and eager to leave the house by then !! MTN
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I love running in the morning (used to be a necessity when I lived in Houston) but now I live in Seattle where it’s dark later and later in the morning. The biggest problem I have been having lately, though, is when I tell myslef I’m gonna run early next morn, and lay out my stuff, prepare my espresso, then invariably, I get insomnia and lay awake for at least two hours! It usually happens after I have been sleeping a couple of hours. Makes it extemely tough to get up in the dark, much less get up at all! I welcome any ideas on how to break this cycle so I can get back to early morning running! Laura – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Any advice on dragging my lazy butt out of bed at 7AM for a 30+ min. run? Its been getting harder and harder. Weather is not a negative factor. -hoz If you are *not* overtraining… Try getting up even earlier and spend the first 15-20 nminutes doing something that is not running related. I had similar trouble when I shifted from noontime running to early am running. I now get up at 5:30 and get some things done without looking at the clock. I plan my runs to start at 6:00am. By that time I am much more awake and able to actually see the ground in front of me. BTW, I don’t think I will ever be as ready to run in the morning as I was at lunchtime. Some people just can’t be that active that early. — … tramps like us, Share what you know. Learn what you don’t.
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1) Support the idea of placing the alarm clock farther away where you need to get out of bed to turn it off. 2) Get a timer and attach it to a light—this helps me since the light really gets my derriere out of bed. 3) Set out the running clothes the night before where you can see them when you get up. 4) Place a note that says "Get your lazy ass outta bed—-the Kenyans are running!" Or something to that effect. 5) Agree to meet someone for the morning run. 6) Drink a large glass of water the night before when you go to bed so that when the alarm sounds, the lights flash on and you see your clothes and the sign, you will realize that you need to pee really bad and will get up to go to the bathroom (seriously).
