It seems I need to find something in the near future to provide greater motivation. A long race, a big event, something. It has been too easy to pass on early morning workouts given the lack of a key race in the near future.
This morning's scheduled workout was a run of 6-7 miles. Everything was set for the run. My cold(er) weather gear was laid out as the temperature was expected to be somewhere around 40F. (Anything under 45 degrees and I break out a long sleeve shirt. Under 40 degrees and I go with running tights.) My shoes, MP3 player, fuel belt, and hat were all strategically placed for a fast transition from sleeping to running. And the alarm was set for 4:45 a.m.
My backup alarm went off at 3:30 a.m. For the record, I don't own a backup alarm. My daughter has that covered. When I went in to check on her, she started grabbing things out of the crib, a not-so-subtle hint she wants to sleep in mommy and daddy's bed. Given the hour left until the real alarm, I didn't argue.
No sooner did I set her down than she started saying, "Pah ee." That translates to "potty." Which translates to "Daddy isn't getting back to sleep anytime soon, because I want you to read me a book and/or play a game." And the state of her pull-up confirmed that her need to actually use the potty was perhaps a bit overstated.
Still, potty training is potty training, so we headed off to the bathroom. About 10 minutes later, I got her back to bed, only to have her wake me up 10 minutes after that with another refrain of "Pah ee." Ummmm, didn't we just go through this. At least for round two, the new pull-up was still dry.
By the time we got out of the bathroom the second time, I was looking at about 15 minutes before my alarm went off. I caved, reset the alarm to 6 a.m., and decided to play the training day be ear. If I can, I'll squeeze the run in when I get home. Since Mrs. Pol has Bible study, tonight, odds of that happening are greatly reduced.
When late nights, middle-of-the-night wakeups, and colds start interfering with training, it is time to find something with greater motivational power. I have to find a race with sufficient impact and get registered. As Boomer would say, "Stay tuned..."
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