The best-laid plans of mice and zzzzzz

[thistle_chaser]

For the last couple evenings, I've been logging off my computer earlier to get more pre-bed reading time in. Step one of that plan works surprisingly well (logging off earlier), but step two (reading longer) keeps falling through. My brain seems programmed to go to sleep after an hour of reading -- when I start reading a half-hour earlier, I go to

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[isiscolo]

Yay running! And minutes is good. Just keep it slow and easy, and you'll be able to build up without injury.

[thistle_chaser]

That's my goal, yep! Little more each time. :)

[orangerful]

I want it to cool off here so I can go for a run again. It's just been so freakin' hot and I have a low tolerance haha.

I've been doing the go to bed and read thing too! It's really thrown me off on my LJ time haha. BUT I did manage to get through two books much faster than I had been. It is hard to stay awake though, especially on busy work days where I am already drained...I think it goes to show how much these glowing screens keep us awake and how once they are gone we start to fall asleep quicker.

[thistle_chaser]

Agreed. I bet I could get to sleep really early, early enough to get eight hours, if I logged off even sooner. It's just so hard to give up online time...

Sorry about your heat! I go at 7 AM, so it's still nice and cool here, even if the day gets hot later.

[beauty_forashes]

Ouch - I hope that heals up soon! Of course you're not lying! Where is it engraved in stone that running has to be measured in distance, and not minutes?

[thistle_chaser]

Yeah, true. But one day I'll be able to run enough that I'll be happy with the distance. (I don't even know what my goal is, but I'm sure I'll know once I hit it!)

[thistle_chaser]

Good point. :}

And yeah. I'm trying to be really careful about not running when it hurts, because having to wait even longer for it to recover (or worse yet, see a doctor about it) would be so much worse. Oddly(?) my doctors aren't very enthusiastic about me running. They keep recommending walking instead. If only walking got my heartrate up the same way!