Standard Time = Running Time
Posted by footfeathers on November 1, 2009
I’ve never been a morning person, so this last week of daylight savings time has whirred around and thumped me handily with the club of laziness. I only use an alarm for race days or VERY important runs with others but even the alarm couldn’t help me this week. The weather’s been in the 70’s and sunny every day (74 and sunny today), so that was no excuse. Here’s the scene the last three days: Alarm begins its soft beep with long intervals of silence (seemingly to see whether I register its soundings), then increases the frequency until blaring in a Rush-esqe drum solo gush of beeps. I crawl to the absurd little machine and silence it, leaving me sprawled on the floor staring up at the dark void where the wall meets the ceiling. “I have to run today. It’s been one (two?) days.” “Get up!” “Just get dressed and out the door. You’ll feel so much better all day.” “Go!!!” I move to the closet and get shorts, shirt, socks and shoes on. Then hit the proverbial wall of lethargy and strip back into boxers and crawl back into bed. All this time, Pippit (dog) has been patiently watching with just his nose and one eye peering from under the covers, knowing somehow that I’d be back.
It’s not from lack of sleep; I’ve been sleeping an unheard of average of 10 hours a night. I’m ashamed to say that I’ve been going to bed at 9-930 each night. I go through this not every year but many years. One year during a particularly dank late fall in Michigan I would come home from work, eat, watch Jeopardy, and go to bed at 730pm, sleeping 12 hour nights. Crazy, because I’m fairly happy and sufficiently rested on 7 hours sleep regularly.
Not today. Even though I did go to bed at 930 (830, really when considering the time change), I am up and eager to move. Here it is just 820am and I’ve had my coffee, Clif bar, and written a banal, wandering post, with little meaning other than to say to the sun, “Thank you, more please.”
georgezack said
I sleep more this time of the year too. Definitely a 9:30 guy and not rolling up until 7 most mornings.
Rest well, run well.
Nathan said
OK, I’m beginning to go into withdrawals here. Must… have… updates… soon. How’s the running coming along?
I’m heading out to run your marathon debut course in the morning. The one that inspired the now-epic 7 day training plan.
footfeathers said
Ha! Yeah, I’m sure you’re on the edge of your seat. That’s a well managed event and you should be able to run a fast time on it. Good luck and let me know how it goes.
Tl
Nathan said
Not to clog up your site, but seriously, I do check the blog daily. You were (and still are) one of my early running inspirations, so I take a lot of interest in your goals, progress, and races.
Hope you & Pippit are doing well. You guys need to book an east coast tour sometime soon…