the alarm clock is just doing its job, and you don't remember why. it's too early, and you feel so heavy, and you get into the first fight of the morning : to wake up and run, or not.
Ive published a thread in Runnersworld.com, where I asked - how do you convince yourself?
maybe i made a mistake - publishing it in the 'marathon' page : all of the answers sound like those people were robocops or something. 'i never give up running' , 'i never give up'... sounds so natural. but it's not. as i wrote before, i'm not that runner - i'm not the normal runner who just loves to run everyday, even though i took up the challenge of running half a marathon - and i guess that there are other people out there who feel the same like me in the morning - people who are also moving from bummers into runners, while transforming the feeling of running itslef from bummer, into something fun.
so i found few things that helps me convince myself every-morning :
*Not thinking about it - sounds easy, but it's crucial. you just turn the self-pitty-mode, which is very casual when it's too early - and go for it.
*Music - everyone has his own favourites. mine are rap songs. (favourie one for the moment : Roy Jones Jr. - cant be touched)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoCOg8ZzUfg
If someone has any new methods of waking up in the morning, I'd be more than glad if you'd share it with me!
have a nice weekend!
For waking up use an old-fashion alarm clocks with 2 bells on it, than locate it out of your reach.
ReplyDeletethats it.. after a day or two you will start waking up a minute before it starts just to avoid the ringing of the clock!