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Mornings are for the birds

To say I am not a morning person, is an understatement.  Most of my college roommates thought I hated them because I was so grumpy in the am.  For the last 10 days I had a dear friend from college in town.  In my attempts to spend as much time with him (since I couldn't take off of work) I was working out in the am so my evenings were free.  I used to be an avid morning runner.  And then my activity started transitioning to the evenings, which really is more in line with my body's natural rhythm.  I have tried to do morning workouts at different points in my training cycles, it fails miserably.  Or I am a hazard to my own safety (i.e. running into traffic without looking).  So 3 out of 4 days last week I went in to the gym in the morning before work...at 6 am.  It's still not for me.  Every day I struggled to get up.  I forgot something at home or at the gym every day.  The poor cat was so confused why I was eating at 5:30 but not feeding him.  We both like routines.  It was hard to figure out my food.  I normally eat 1.5-2 hours before training.  Well I'm not getting up at 4 or 4:30, so that wasn't going to happen.  My workouts were decent but my body felt like ass.  And then I was hungry all day.  I couldn't get my eating under control.    

I was glad to do it but am very glad its over.

This week I am back to a normal schedule.  My finger is moving close to normal.  So I am going to try and go back to my regular routine.  Its also 6 weeks from my teammates fights.  And while bummed that I cant fight, I am looking forward to being a good training partner for my teammates and working on my own skills without having a fight.  Oh wait thats just like all my other training cycles :)

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