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This allowed me to embrace the run more each day.Ī post shared by Brian Dalek Rest Days Should Feel Easy

Another good tip I once heard: Make sure you loop back to your home within the first two miles, or choose a route with a plethora of toilet options.Īs simple as all of these sound, implementing them as I headed into the second week eased the tension on my mind and, in turn, belly.

If I needed a nibble of cereal, I used my wife’s almond milk instead. I cut that out (or ate it earlier) knowing it could be an issue.

I’m a big fan of a small bowl of cereal or cup of ice cream in the evening.

(This 2-minute warmup seemed to do the trick.)

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If I woke up feeling a little full but couldn’t go, I moved a little more, doing some dynamic warmup moves that I tend to neglect.

Luckily, there are plenty of resources at Runner’s World I could turn to to figure out the culprit.īecause everyone’s number 2 habits will be different, here are the main items that helped make my morning runs less panicky as I headed into my second week. On each of those initial runs (besides the very first, where my body was familiar with doing speed workouts at that hour) I was interrupted midrun by a frantic need to find a restroom or, let’s be honest, secluded spot out of view. This was especially true in the first few days of my morning-run venture.

If I jumped into an app-my email, calendar, bank account, or morning newsletters- the stimulation and blue light was just enough to jumpstart my mind/body connection, and for me to swing my legs out of bed.īeing unfamiliar with constant morning runs meant I was also not so familiar with how my gut worked that early. The only way I could mentally get past hitting the snooze button was by keeping a hand on my phone when I woke up.

Oh, and I needed to find a better way to make the alarm actually jolt me awake. That way I wouldn’t need to make any of these decisions from the depths of a morning fog. So the mission became clear: each night before going to bed, I would plan out my run and route, put out workout clothes, and prep my lunch-and the coffeemaker if I wanted some for after the run. Here’s how it all played out a few years back. Along the way I learned what works for me, what doesn’t, and some little tricks that could be helpful for all runners. I was able to wake up every day from mid April until the end of the month, but the process wasn’t always easy. (when I start work) and my weekend long runs to start no later than 7 a.m. The goal was to have all easy-day runs completed well before 8 a.m. So I tried an experiment in 2017 and committed to trying to master the morning run for 15 days. No, if I wanted to get in my training, morning workouts were the only real option.

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Sure, I could have tried running at night, but that is sacred late-night TV time-a guy needs to relax. At the time I was training for a marathon, and while I would normally schedule several days a week for lunch runs-a perk that comes with the job here at Runner’s World-my afternoons had been tied up with other tasks. How Running Can Help Improve Your Sleep QualityĪny time I vowed to wake up, get a run in, telling myself I’d feel great the rest of the day, I would either turn off the alarm, or I’d groggily stumble out of bed and run the equivalent of “junk miles” during a crappy outing.īut when work and my personal life started conspiring against me, it made my typical routines crumble.