It took me a while to get used to it, but I got myself to wake up at 5:30 with little problem. From what I understand, I'll be sleeping even better once I get the exercise ball rolling, thus reducing the nightlag from waking up early. I appreciate the concern, either way. My ultimate goal is to wake up at 4:00. It's hard for me to do good with my time in late evenings (which sees more people running than early mornings), but the nightly silence gives me the necessary mood (and at winters, I'll be waking up at dark nights, too, which is even better). Besides, knowing that I woke up so early and have already achieved something of value gives a good feeling. I can't catch the connection between the two. Why would you want to know?If you aren't a natural morning person, this little caveat could scotch the entire program.
I'm the resident fanfiction-pushing hubskier, by the way. What do you read?
My point is - why would like to know what I read, and not, perhaps, what I write about/based on? How is my reading specifically related to my fanfiction writing? Have you considered the possibility that I may not be writing based on a book? :)
Have you entered any races yet? Maybe a 5k? I used to see running as "My sport is your sports punishment." Until only a couple of years ago at least. I found I was expecting too much improvement of myself too quickly. I've since adjusted my expectations. Adding a race 3 or 4 times each year has really lent additional purpose to my fitness regimen as far a my motivation and goal setting go. I'm down with the AM runs also. Gotta love charging up on endorphins as the day starts. Makes me feel like no problem will come along that day that I cannot manage.
No, I haven't entered anything. I can see how it can be a big motivator, so I'll give it a thought, but right now, I'm skeptical about entering anything. I justify it by saying "I do it for myself, not for a competition", but it sounds like a weak argument as I do. How quickly was too quickly? As for the morning runs - hell yes. It boosts both your confidence and energy throughout the day - unless you spend it, like I'm used to, sitting in front of the screen... and even that doesn't stop me from getting production momentum back.I found I was expecting too much improvement of myself too quickly.
As for the racing, I do it for myself as well. No weakness in that, anyone in a race is busting their ass. I do enjoy finding out that I've done well for my age group (I'm 41), but I'm really running for myself. I find that knowing that I have a race in the next month or so is great extra motivation for me to get off my rear on the days when I might otherwise pass on a run. As a bonus, the people at a 5k run are super nice and helpful. I've been involved in other competitive sports and I've never seen such a supportive group of competitors. Maybe it's also due to current timing technology, because each racer (unless it's a very low budget event) is timed individually from the moment his/her bib crosses the start to the moment his/her bib crosses the finish line. Oh yeah, have fun.
Oops. Sorry for the slow reply. My personal theory, is that since a person is timed remotely as they cross the start finish line, there is no competitive pushing and shoving and jockeying necessary at the start of the race. Before each person was timed individually, I imagine there was a boatload of jockeying for position at the starting line and made things more intense. I've only been running races for a couple of years. It's just my guess.