This morning, no let's go back to last night. I was in bed by 9:30 PM. This does not happen a lot, but I went to bed early foregoing watching "GoldenBoy" (yeah, I like that show). I know my wife was freaked out and wondered what I was doing. but I was tired. I had my running gear laid out, or rather gathered in the corner and my alarm was set for 5:21 AM. I set it for 5:21 so I can slap the snooze and then get up at 5:30.
I had a scheduled 7 mile run planned and I was looking forward to it.
I went to sleep fast. Then...
My alarm goes off at 5:21 AM and I slap that clock silly. I debate, like I always do, about getting my feet on the floor when I hear the faint sound of....rain. The "get up early motivation killer". It sounded so nice and steady. I think I heard it whisper my name saying, "it's OK buddy, every thing's cool man". I had the correct pillow position and the right amount of coverage from the sheets. I wasn't too hot. I wasn't too cold. It was nice. So I hit the snooze. 9 minutes later...
I heard a gentle rolling thunder in the distance. The rain was steady falling, this time I heard it whisper "You know you can't beat me, the steady soothing sound of rain, you're toast, you can make it up tomorrow"
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So the next time it goes off, instead of hitting the snooze, I slide my alarm switch to alarm 2, which goes off at 6:30 AM!! It takes me longer to do this than it would have taken me to get up out f bed. You see I had to grab my cell phone so I could use it as a flashlight, and then verify I had moved the correct switch. I did not want to wake my wife up, by turning on the overhead light, but it's not like the last 30 minutes of an alarm going off would have bothered her!! And then back to bed I go.
Now late in the day I am upset with myself for giving into the sweet sound of falling rain. I had decided that tomorrow I would run in the morning and then ride at night and make it up. Now I thinking I should just switch the days and ride today, run tomorrow and get back on track! Decisions, Decisions!!!
So tell me blog world, what do you do when you miss a workout for a lame reason????
First...I'm glad I'm not the only one that sets their alarm to account for the 9 minute snooze, so it goes off at an even interval.
ReplyDeleteSecond....it happens. Don't worry, don't call yourself names (leave that up to me). Just make it happen tomorrow, or tonight.....
Thank you for volunteering to call me names, but there is a waiting list, so you'll have to be patient! LOL
DeleteLOL, this reminds me of myself almost every morning! Well, I could just sleep in a few more minutes and do my workout over my lunch break, etc, etc. I say switch days and just try to get back on track tomorrow.
ReplyDeleteI am a great negotiator in the early morning, problem is, lately I do not give much of a fight!
DeleteI learned a trick that helps with the snooze button. I have my alarm clock across the room, away from where I sleep, so when it goes off, I have to literally get up, walk across the room and turn it off. And since I am up, I might as well workout.
ReplyDeleteThe lamest excuse I used in the past was when I forgot my watch that has a lap button. I had a run on my 1/12th track at the gym and I forgot my watch at home. I started running without it, but got frustrate of trying to keep track of the laps (we are all data whores, we want to know how far and fast... ok slow is more like it for me, we went) So I tossed in the towel and through a baby fit because I didnt have a watch to keep track of my laps.
DeleteMy best trick is to drink a big glass of water before bed. The only reason I got up this morning is because e I had to pee!!!
DeleteOMG, I'm howling laughing!!! For one, we have families and kids so running before everyone gets up is a MUST for IM training. Second, there's that negotiation that goes on in your head when the alarm goes off, you try and find any excuse to try and move it to later in the day. 5 AM just seems so damn early! HAHAHA! Do you have a treadmill in your house? I hated running on it early so I dug out the little tv with the DVD player and now I'm like a movie critic at 5 am :)
ReplyDeleteI do not have a treadmill in my house, but my gym is less than a mile away. I have been doing treadmills all year so far, so I am ready to get off that thing, problem is, I prefer it to be 9 instead of 5:30!
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