You Can Sleep When Your Dead

It has been a long time since my last post and I apologize. Quite frankly, I have not had much time to devote to blogging and/ or I have not had many lightning strikes about good post topics. Well I was struck today.

My work and school schedules are pretty busy. I have two jobs where I work about 5 hours a day, 5 days a week. And I am a fulltime college student, taking five English classes that require me to read lots and lots each day. So, fitting in running time has been a bit of a challenge.

I have come up with a rather effective plan of attack - effective, that is to say, only when I can actually talk myself into waking up when it is still quite dark and running in the cold predawn. When I do wake up in time, I run around outside or I plod along on the treadmill. Then, usually without showering, I go to class, go to work, go to the other work, come home, eat dinner, do some homework, and go to bed by about 10:30. If, on occasion, I do not talk myself in to running in the early morning, I sleep in, go to class, go to work, go to other work, come home, eat dinner, drag myself to the gym, run (sluggishly), no homework, and then bed.

The difference in my day may not be clear to you other than the obvious lack of homework-doing on the days I prolong my runs. But I can tell you, without a whisper of a doubt, that there is a ginormous difference in my energy levels and my attitude. On the days that I get my workouts done early, I feel like the energizer bunny - I never lag and I am happy. On the days when I postpone my runs, I am usually sore for some reason and I have no motivation or energy to keep me going throughout my whole day.

So what have I learned? I MUST workout in the morning, no matter the cost. So that is my challenge for myself for this coming week. Everyday I am going to workout in the morning before class. Additionally I am going to incorporate my strength training routine. My goal for this week is to at least do it 4 times this week, eventually working up to 6 times.

As I jog through the coming weeks,I will work on my time management skills, until I have it all hammered out I will just have to reserve sleeping for when I am dead (just kidding I am a firm believer in the whole sleep for 8 hours rule).