Thursday, June 23, 2011

A reason to NOT run in the morning

The last two mornings, my running plans have been foiled because of thunderstorms!  I love a good thunderstorm, just not one that rolls in at 4:30am when I am about to wake up for my run.


Yesterday I had a wedding meeting after work so I just scrapped my run and called it a rest day.  But today I need to get out for a run after work.  It has been 48 hours since my last run and I miss it!


I have two weather apps on my phone and they both told me that thunderstorms were in the area this morning.  I took it as a sign to get 45 more minutes of sleep.

It is tough when mother natures gets in the way of my runs, but I guess that is why it is good to be flexible and rearrange plans.

16 comments:

  1. LisaJune 23, 2011 at 7:31 AM

    what a bummer about the thunderstorms! I hope everything works out today so you can get out there!

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  2. Lisa's YarnsJune 23, 2011 at 8:00 AM

    I was planning on runnign this morning, too, and had to cancel due to a thunderstorm as well. I have plans after work so I guess today will be rest day and I will have to re-shuffle things around to get my runs in. So annoying! The weather has been sort of crappy here lately as we've had SO many t-storms!

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  3. AmyJune 23, 2011 at 9:46 AM

    Too bad! I hope the weather cooperates for you after work!

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  4. Christy @ My Dirt Road Anthem: A Runner's BlogJune 23, 2011 at 11:05 AM

    Bummer about the thunderstorms, i always consult a second weather website too, just to be sure!

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  5. Jen @ Run for AnnaJune 23, 2011 at 11:28 AM

    I have the same two weather apps on my phone. I wake up and check both. If they both say bad conditions, I usually ignore them and go out, anyway, only to turn around and go back home within a mile. (Yes, I'm smart that way).

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  6. MarleneJune 23, 2011 at 11:54 AM

    The craziest thunderstorm woke me up in the night and I was worried I'd have to skip the run (although sleeping in sounded alright...) Luckily it had cleared up before the alarm went off.

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  7. LauraJune 23, 2011 at 1:41 PM

    I hear you ... the weather hear has been nutzo. We are just now getting hit with a huge storm...kind of scary actually.

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  8. SuzyJune 23, 2011 at 3:35 PM

    Bummer you haven't been able to get your morning runs in. However, extra sleep is never a bad thing.

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  9. AnonymousJune 23, 2011 at 5:01 PM

    i'll second the extra sleep being good comment :)

    usually most t-storms here crop up right around the time i leave for work so it's weird to me that they're foiling your am runs!

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  10. UnknownJune 23, 2011 at 5:28 PM

    So annoying but I'm thirding the extra sleep being a good thing!

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  11. AnonymousJune 23, 2011 at 8:36 PM

    Oh that is crazy to have thunderstorms in the early morning! And I have to say, that all this wedding crazy stuff has started to mess with my after work runs too. I need to learn to be a morning runner and get my runs in early. LOL!

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  12. NicoleJune 23, 2011 at 9:35 PM

    ahhhhhh stupid thunderstorms! perfect sleeping weather though!

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  13. AnonymousJune 25, 2011 at 10:27 AM

    Oooh! I hope you enjoyed them...I kind of love 'em and haven't heard one in so long!

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  14. Monika @ Monika's MilesJune 25, 2011 at 11:28 AM

    Bummer about the rain but extra sleep rocks! Hope the afternoon cleared up for you.

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  15. MollyJune 27, 2011 at 12:40 PM

    ugh, thunderstorms scare the heck out of me. Hope you got to run over the weekend!

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  16. YolandaJune 28, 2011 at 8:22 PM

    Flexibility is a good thing!

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