Originally Posted by
Sailguy
These are by far the hardest days to get on the bike, knowing that I could have an extra 45 minutes of sleep if I took the car.
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Anyone else have these morning arguments with yourself? What drives the motivation on the tough days? I'm here at work, 10 miles later, still half-asleep, but glad I won my mental fight.
I have them all the time!
In order to shower, eat breakfast and get ready with no lazing around before my 11 mile commute, and have a 10 minute cool-down at the end, I need to be up no later than 5:45 in order to start work at 8:00. On the other hand, I am fortunate in that my job is salaried, not hourly, so it's no big deal if I don't make it exactly on time.
The thing that usually gets me going is knowing that after warming up in the first mile, the zombie feeling will be gone. This does much more for my morning wakefulness than an extra 40 minutes in the sack.
Also, I try to avoid the snooze button, because I am very capable of hitting it while barely waking up. I keep the the clock is just out of reach.