Can getting 5 hours of sleep running and then taking your son to school then going back to bed for 3 hours work

Run after you take your son to school, that way your sleep is uninterrupted by training and your workday isn't interrupted by running and a nap.

Like you said, it's not ideal, but as long as its working for you, then let it keep working.

As soon you find that something isn't going right, I'd probably return to take a second look at this strategy.

Rearranger wrote:

Run after you take your son to school, that way your sleep is uninterrupted by training and your workday isn't interrupted by running and a nap.

I still won't get 8 hours. My run takes an hour, so by running after l will only get 6 or so hours, but l won't get a nap when l get home, so l will end up losing more on that end. Basically by running before school l sacrifice one hour or so, but l make up way more with the nap.

Why do you go to bed so late? Do you work swing shift or something? Going to bed earlier is obviously the best solution, but I assume you cant do that or you wouldn't be asking.

I'd agree with the person who suggests running after dropping the kids off at school. Then you get 6 hours straight rather than 5. After your run, take whatever extra time you have to nap, maybe it's an hour or two. I think getting the your main sleep as long as possible is best.

Also, this way your exwife doesn't find out you've been running for an hour while leaving your 5 year old at home and doesnt haul you back to court to take away your custody.

Drainthefecesswamp wrote:

Also, this way your exwife doesn't find out you've been running for an hour while leaving your 5 year old at home and doesnt haul you back to court to take away your custody.

This actually sounds like a win-win. The kids gets taken away, the guy can run AND get 8 continuous hours of sleep. You are a genius.

Drainthefecesswamp wrote:

Why do you go to bed so late? Do you work swing shift or something? Going to bed earlier is obviously the best solution, but I assume you cant do that or you wouldn't be asking.

I'd agree with the person who suggests running after dropping the kids off at school. Then you get 6 hours straight rather than 5. After your run, take whatever extra time you have to nap, maybe it's an hour or two. I think getting the your main sleep as long as possible is best.

Also, this way your exwife doesn't find out you've been running for an hour while leaving your 5 year old at home and doesnt haul you back to court to take away your custody.

Ha ha. I am married so my wife is home, but leaves for work when I get back. Also you are saying one extra hour of sleep is better then 5 and 3 a few hours later??? I will tell you l feel better most days doing the 5 and 3 then 8 at once. I can't get to bed at 9:30 to get 8, no way because of responsibility's. I finish work at 9. There is no way that 6 straight is better then 5 and 3 at least for me. Keep in mind l am only up a few hours, l go back to bed at 8:45 am

On the contrary wrote:

Drainthefecesswamp wrote:

Also, this way your exwife doesn't find out you've been running for an hour while leaving your 5 year old at home and doesnt haul you back to court to take away your custody.

This actually sounds like a win-win. The kids gets taken away, the guy can run AND get 8 continuous hours of sleep. You are a genius.

He is not left home alone. There is no scenario for 8 hours straight of sleep. It is only for 10-13 days out the month too. Like l said before the extra 2 or 3 makes a difference. I actually get closer to 5 1/2 hours of sleep, so sometimes l get close to 9 hours for the whole day.

Sleep doctor's wrote:

l feel better most days doing the 5 and 3 then 8 at once.

Splitting it up is actually better than doing it all at once,, because your best sleep is during the first part of it.

A runner I knew used to sleep 3 + 3 due to working a split shift, and said he felt better doing that then sleeping 8 hours straight. Actually, even the 5.5 + 1 should be pretty good, but 5+3 would be better.

Yes, that is fine wrote:

Sleep doctor's wrote:

l feel better most days doing the 5 and 3 then 8 at once.

Splitting it up is actually better than doing it all at once,, because your best sleep is during the first part of it.

A runner I knew used to sleep 3 + 3 due to working a split shift, and said he felt better doing that then sleeping 8 hours straight. Actually, even the 5.5 + 1 should be pretty good, but 5+3 would be better.

Thanks!