SEARCHING FOR MOTIVATION

One of the principal access routes to my various routes over Victoria Peak and High West from the Western District of Hong Kong is Hatton Road, aka the Morning trail. This is somewhat ironic as I have only made it up there in the morning a handful of time in the last few years, such is my chronic inability to get myself out of bed and go for a run before work.

I'm not sure what it is that makes me pathologically incapable of getting up in the morning to go running. I seem to do fine when I have to get up for races, but when it comes to the daily grind of running it's a lost cause. Each night I set one, sometimes two, alarms and every morning come alarm o'clock I stay in bed. Sometimes there is a battle of will, most times I just roll over. Its not like I even have to get up particularly early as start times at the studio are flexible to say the least.

I'd like to increase my running volume by 20-25% over the next few months. The problem is that I'm now close to the threshold of the amount of hours I can  put in during the week with my current routine, while still keeping on top of project commitments and maintaining a semi-functional social life. The only way to increase amount of available running time during the week involves one simple solution- get over my laziness and get my ass out of bed. I suppose its a question of how much I want it.

Sounds simple but time will tell.