I am generally not a morning exerciser. Of course, most races we run are held in the morning, but I've been up for at least an hour before the run, usually longer with travel time. But as far as actually rolling out bed, putting on gym clothes and sneakers, and going to the gym? Not so much. My body takes some time to loosen up in the morning, and I tend to feel sick for the rest of the day if I work too hard, probably because I am dehydrated from not having had anything to drink in about 8 hours.

This morning, my alarm went off at 7:10 so that I could roll out of bed, put on gym clothes and sneakers, and go downstairs to the gym. See, I've made it one of my NoImYoSeMo goals to work out 5 days a week. I missed Sunday and Monday, so that meant I had to work out every day, Tuesday through Saturday. Tonight, I'm going out to dinner for a friend's birthday, and because working out on a stomach full of Thai food pretty much isn't going to happen (or end well, anyway), I had to get up early this morning to get my workout in for the day.

It was fantastic.

Now, I didn't work out super hard... just a half hour on the elliptical and a five minute cooldown on the treadmill. I eased into my workout, letting my muscles warm up out of their slumber. But it gave me so much energy in the beginning of the day. I came back upstairs from the gym and was bouncing all over the apartment. So, lesson is, intense workout first thing in the morning = bad, relatively easy get-your-body-moving and blood-flowing workout in the morning = good.

Tomorrow, I have to get up early again for a workout, even earlier most likely, as I need to be out of the door by 8:30 or so, for our trip to the Punkin Chunkin... believe me, it is every bit as awesome as you would not expect it to be. (Heh.)