The mornings are getting colder and darker.

There were thick clouds in the sky this morning.

When my alarm woke me at 5:25am, I felt like I had been run over by a truck.  I was simply exhausted and it felt like a huge weight was bearing down on my head.

I stayed in bed until about 5:45am, having conversations in my head about all of the reasons why I should take this morning off and not swim.

I went to bed at midnight, we had too many tiring activities this weekend for the kids, I will definitely not miss tomorrow’s practice if I give myself a break today, I’m just too tired.  And, on and on.

Finally at about 5:45am, I realized that I better get up now or this workout was not going to happen.  When I have the opportunity to swim in the morning, and I don’t take it, I am so mad at myself the rest of the day, its just not worth it to stay in bed.

So, I put on my warm jacket and my uggs, I trudged out the door, got in my car, and made it to practice.

The lifeguards were still taking off the covers when I arrived, which meant, I was early!  Imagine that.  I was almost finished with my warm up, and swimmers were still arriving.

I was really feeling proud of myself since a half hour earlier, I felt beyond exhausted and was definitely not going to go this morning.

So, here’s the workout:

300 swim
200 kick swim
100 drill swim
4x{75 kick, 50 scull swim, 50 kick swim, 25 fast}
2x{300 pull, 200 free/back, 100 IM}
400 warm down

My lesson for today is to not think too much when my alarm goes off.  I really have to work on getting into robotic mode, and just keep moving forward towards the door.  Just shut off all feeling.  Of course, I’ve reminded myself of the robotic mode many times before, hopefully it will stick now.

On my drive back from practice, I had to stop to let a group of about 20 wild turkeys cross the road in front of me. 🙂

The turkeys were using the crosswalk, waddling along on their own timetable.  So adorable.  I know, turkeys are not typically the most adorable creatures, but when they are with their friends and walking in such a sophisticated manner so as to use the crosswalk, they’re just super cute.

When I arrived home around 7:30am, Broadway and Imagineer had already gotten ready for school and eaten breakfast.

If I had stayed in bed, I would have been in a grumpy mood all day.  So glad I pushed through. 🙂