Best laid plans....

[Clare7645]

Well, I have my W2R2 tomorrow morning which in a strange way I am looking forward to, my problem however is that I had planned to do my W2R3 on Friday morning as usual but I now have to be in work at 05:30am! (it's hard enough getting up at 05:55 to run, never mind 04:30 to go to work)

Now I know I can (and will) run on Saturday but I'm really annoyed that my running plan has been disrupted so early on in my schedule. I'm a girl that likes routine and if that routine is interrupted I can easily give up! Running on a week day suits me to a tee, so the thought of setting my alarm at a weekend to complete a run early fills me with fear that I'll roll over and go back to sleep and from there it can become a downward spiral into laziness.

Don't get me wrong, I have no intention of doing that and I'm determined to keep going on this path I have begun but I really could have done without facing a demon so early on in my journey!

[Deano1615]

Hi Clare,

Could you not try running Friday evening after work? Imagine how good it will feel to know you have completed week two and slayed that demon too

I usually run around seven in the evenings but had to do one of my week two runs in the morning and really enjoyed the change

[Clare7645 Graduate in reply to Deano1615]

My problem is that I can always find a million excuses for not running in the evening, in saying that, given that I will be in work at a godforsaken hour I should finish earlier, so depending on how I feel I may give your suggestion a try

[Fraz73 Graduate]

I run mornings only as I know how easy it would be for me to make excuses come the evening. However if it meant I could stick to my schedule, I'd force myself through an evening run no problem. The schedule I've set for myself is important and I don't like the thought of falling behind it.

[Clare7645 Graduate in reply to Fraz73]

I'm definitely going to give it a try on Friday depending on how I feel after an usually early start, at least I'll know, worst case, that I can always complete it on Saturday and still get my rest days in before starting week 3 on Monday.