I'm trying to get a sense of how long before runs people wake up. I need to run at around 6:30 or latest 7 a.m. but have trouble getting up earlier to eat, drink, etc. Also have trouble running as soon as I wake up. Would you wake at 5 for 7 am run? So far I just run later in day but need to make the switch. Just wondering if most people get up and out the door or if you get up earlier to give yourself wake up time. Thanks.
I'm a morning person, so I get up, go to the bathroom, get dressed, and go for a run. In the winter, I'm up at 5am and running by 5:15am (on workdays). Once it warms up in the spring/summer, I'm up at 5:05am and running by 5:15am.
I am not a morning person and it takes me a while to get going in the morning. When I run in the morning, I usually wake up an hour and a half to two hours before my run. This gives me time to eat a small breakfast and drink some coffee. If I don't do this, I feel like crap on my run.
Takes me about 15 minutes, but I drag ass during the first couple miles.
out the door no later than 10 mins after alarm goes off. roll out of bed, brush teeth, down a glass of water, empty out, dress, and off i go.
not a morning person wrote:
I am not a morning person and it takes me a while to get going in the morning. When I run in the morning, I usually wake up an hour and a half to two hours before my run. This gives me time to eat a small breakfast and drink some coffee. If I don't do this, I feel like crap on my run.
This sounds like me. So, do you short-change your sleep? Or do you go to bed really early? I was thinking of maybe eat/drink/caffeine then doze back to sleep for an hour or so. But I tried that yesterday and felt like really disrupting sleep every day wouldn't work long-term.
Really I just need to go to bed earlier but 8:30 p.m. just seems crazy early. We go to bed at 11 or so now.
Couldn't agree more with these two posts. It becomes second nature, sometimes my bowels start talking whilst I'm in bed (wife loves the smell), they know what's coming and we all love it.
I wake up at 6:05 am and I'll be running by 6:25 am. One cup of coffee is all it takes to get me moving.
I refer to coffee as "liquid motivation", because without it, I have a hard time running in the morning.
I get up by 5:30 am for my afternoon run.
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So you make and drink a hot cup of coffee in 20 min? That sounds quick.
Also what about food and drink b/4 run?
20-30 minutes is all i need. often I will not eat anything, sometimes a banana and some OJ, other times I will have a bowl of porridge. That's all I need to get going.
A pint of water in the morning is mandatory though.
PRP wrote:
So you make and drink a hot cup of coffee in 20 min? That sounds quick.
Also what about food and drink b/4 run?
I have the coffee ready for me when I wake up. I drink it in less than 10 minutes. No food or drink needed. I usually eat a large dinner, so I'm not hungry in the morning until after my run.
I wake up at 6am. Drive to the school and start my run at 6:30am. Then I have my second run at 12:15. I don't usually eat anything before 3:00pm most days. I usually have dinner around 9pm. And have to take a dump around mile 4 of my morning run. I bring toilet paper with me in my shorts so it's all good.
I have to run by 6:30am. I set my first alarm for 5:45am. My second alarm goes off at 5:55am. I am defintely up by 6:00am with the snoozes going off repeatedly. From 6am - 6:15am, I slowly get up, fumble around in the dark, brush my teeth, fumble around with my running clothes, get dressed, lay on the floor and stretch my back a bit, make my daughter's breakfast, and then I'm out the door by 6:30am.
So in summary, I think I need 45 minutes from first alarm to running time.
For a 6:30 run I try to get up at 5:30. Sometimes that works, sometimes I don't get up until 6
For the record I didn't start any of the other morning/breakfast run threads. And my post was serious as this is disrupting my life in a number of ways and I've tried running earlier with little success in the past.
PRP wrote:
So, do you short-change your sleep? Or do you go to bed really early?
In the long run you can't run a sleep deficit and expect to train well. The real question you need to answer is "what time do I need to go to bed in order to get up in time for my run?"
I usually wake between 4:30 am and 5 am, to start a run between 6 and 7. I need to fuel in the morning, and I also need time to digest. So I wake early, eat, then return emails and phone calls (I do a lot of work with the Far East and Europe) before starting my run.
Literally about 30-45 seconds. I wake up, throw on clothes/shoes and go out the door. The first mile is usually pretty slow, but by mile 2 it's up to speed.
Depends on the distance. Short morning runs I'm usually out the door in 1/2 hour. If I'm going longer I take longer, or plan my route to take into account the potential for pit stops.
Since I'm a gimp at the moment and in the pool I wake up at 5:15 and I'm in the pool at 6 but it takes me 10 minutes to drive to the pool and chuck my stuff in a locker.
I find brushing my teeth and drinking some water immediately after I get up preps me for getting rid of the excess baggage.