Early morning run

Just use your early workouts to do your easy runs, save the workouts for the evening runs.

Leg alarm clock

Eliud Kipchoge discusses this in an interview .He said its normal and we should just trust that the "energy " will come even after 2 or 3 km just trust in yourself .

If it's a workout, just use caffeine and in an hour you should be mostly ready (just hydrate a lot too, before bed and right as you wake up) and on easy days just suffer at an easy pace

1) Restore blood sugar after overnight fast, and get a little fuel. I use a handful of peanuts and drink some kefir.

2) Loosen up the stiffness, from sleeping all night and not moving much. I do a light stretch.

3) Get the blood moving. I do a few exercises - situps, pushups, lunges etc.

4) Start out slow for the first half-mile to mile or so. Then I'm good to go!

My only real solution is to go to bed very early, 9:30pm and wake up at 4AM. Coffee, breakfast, work a little bit and then out the door between 5:30 and 6. It’s still tougher for me than an afternoon workout, but you have to take what you can get.

When I used to do two-a-days back in college I usually ran a loop course back to my apartment. I was lucky as my first mile was at a slight downhill. This helped me as my legs warmed up on the easy running. On the way back I had a somewhat steep incline.

Hot shower, also warms you up enough in winter to not feel chilly for the first few minutes.

I can’t think of anything worse than pounding downhill on cold stiff legs. If op is young maybe it will stimulate good leg turnover, otherwise snap crackle pop

coffee ☕️invokes ye faithful morning $hit 💩🚽unless you have that timing down I advise against it

Personally , I double and I keep the morning run easy, sort and sweet. Typically 10 minutes light mobility work rotating ankles, hip’s , waist, pop my back, legs swings in different directions, then I’m out the door. The pace will come to you eventually, but not always.

I do all my weekday runs at 5 am. I get dressed, drink water then run. I don’t eat or stretch at that hour.

I run my first mile or two as slow as I need to. Then, if I’m doing faster work that day, after 15 minute I’l do 3-5 twenty second strides, not all out, but gradually getting faster. By mile three and after the strides I’m usually ready to go fast. Still, at that hour, my first few intervals are not as fast as the middle and finishing reps.

Early morning runner here - I get up, change and run. Expect a few minutes of not feeling it, but inevitably (if you are like me), 6-10 minutes in I start to feel normal. Happens every time. Been doing it for years.

I walk a quarter mile on my treadmill while I browse my phone and have some coffee. Then I do leg swings and some ankle hops.

it's boring but hop on a treadmill, you'll wake your legs up on a soft surface and control the pace perfectly

I usually do jumping jacks immediately after waking up, perfect way to wake the body up

Up at 5:00 am, coffee, blueberry muffin, sativa {just a couple of hits} pre run yoga, ten minute spin on indoor trainer, 5.5 miles thru glorious woods as fall finally starts with cooler temps. It's a beautiful way to start the day.

Sleep with your feet slanted up

You do understand what a "slight downhill" is, right?