Morning Runs

              Sometimes it can be nearly impossible to find time to run. Many people have busy and chaotic days and find it difficult to run that day. Because it’s important to run the majority of days in a week in order to stay in shape and because your day can be very time consuming it can be necessary to give up a few hours of precious sleep in order to run.

                On Friday my school had the homecoming dance and didn’t have time to run after school. My cross country team decided to have morning practice so we could still get in a run for the day without inferring with homecoming plans. I had to wake up at 4:30 to go to cross country practice at 5:00. By having cross country practice in the morning instead of in the afternoon it allowed us to be make sure we were able to run and still have time for our other plans.

                Running in the morning can have some downsides. A negative thing about running in the morning is that it is still very dark outside. If you have to run in the morning it is a good idea to make sure you are running on streets that have lights so you can see or you could always just run inside at a gym. It is also nice to run with other people in a group.  When it’s dark outside it can be kind of creepy to have to run by yourself. My cross country team likes to run on a trail that is located near our school. The trail can be very creepy when it is dark because the trail doesn’t have very many lights and hobos sometimes sleep on the trail. My coach claims he saw a hobo on the trail the last time we had a morning run. I would not want to run on our trail by myself in the morning so I am glad to have my other teammates to run with.

                A positive thing about running in the morning is you don’t have to worry about needing to run for the rest of the day. It is nice to know that you already ran that day. On Friday I was really excited to able to come straight home from school and not have to worry about going to cross country practice. Though you may have to lose some sleep it can be necessary to run in the morning.