A Sunrise Run
Reading Time: 2 minutesToday I woke early. I set the alarm for 05:30 and again at 05:40 and yet again at 06:00. The reason for so many alarms is that it's easy to set the first, wake up to turn it off, and then wake too late. It's also as a backup. Usually the first alarm is enough to wake me.
I can be a morning person, if other people are not noisy at night when I want to go to sleep at a reasonable time. Being a morning person requires living somewhere that is either quiet, or filled with white noise that covers other noises.
Yesterday I managed to get to sleep at a reasonable time for getting up at 05:30. That's why the other two alarms were backups, rather than required.
I could have run the three kilometres to the meeting point but chose to walk, first to conserve energy and secondly because I didn't know how hard the group would run.
I was worried about the cold but luckily my layering, as well as not having to wait outside for others to arrive helped. When I dress for running I don't dress to stand around in near freezing conditions.
The running pace was okay for me, as well as for the distance. When I ran the 5k distance for wake up and run I was knackered. I suffered just to complete the distance. This time I ran the 7km with relative ease. Having run 7-10km more than once, and 21km once, I had a reserve of power.
An advantage is that this is a group of cyclists, rather than runners, so when we got to climbs others slowed down. I still felt tired after one climb but recovered nicely.
A New Opportunity
Today, I demonstrated, to myself, that I could join a running group and keep up without suffering too much. It is also the third day in a row that I ran. It's nice that now I have running, hiking, cycling and skating groups, and activities to join.
It feels good to finish something sporty early in the day.
#group #morning #running #social
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