Never in my entire life have I seen as many
sunrises as I’ve seen in the last 10 days!
I am a night owl. I can often be found
burning the midnight oil catching up on emails, carrying on with work, writing
up my thesis or adding to my blog! I’m always available for late night chats –
for anyone else who is up into the wee hours. Nighttime is when I get my second
wind, when the house goes quiet after the mad rush of the day and I can just
take a deep breath and focus on stuff that needs to get done.
Another important aspect that makes me who
I am is that I hate exercise. It has always been something I have to do rather
than want to do. In my school days, I would do anything I could to avoid any kind
of sport or PT. Parent notes were produced aplenty when it came to sport. In my
adult years I always played the game of on-again, off-again when it came to
exercise because it would only happen when I felt good enough and motivated enough
to go – which is not very often. I’ve tried yoga, aerobics, circuit, walking,
running – anything I’ve left out? – to no avail.
And now… I’ve set myself a goal to climb
Kili in 3 months time! Very quickly I realised that I have a better chance of
enduring if I do some training and with my schedule, this training could only
be fitted in in the early hours of the morning…
So… Take two very unlikely events that
could happen in my life, put them together with a lofty goal and here I am… 10
days into a training programme where I wake up at 5.40am to begin a 6am
training round. I’ve been consistent, I’ve been dedicated and I’m aching all
over. So now I have a couple of questions for all you early risers out there:
1.
When does exercise begin to
energise you rather than make you feel exhausted and sore?
2.
When do you begin getting used
to the early morning wake up call and start adjusting by going to sleep earlier
the previous night?
3.
Is this all really good for
you?
With these questions in mind I shall
continue on this rigorous training schedule and hope to see some fantastic
results. Hopefully when I’m climbing the mountain, I’ll be thankful for the
effort I put in before.
I’d like to end with this message of
inspiration for anybody out there who is wondering if they can do it… if I can,
you can!
by Daphna Horowitz
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