Mornings...Bite me.

I have come to a realization...

My side aches seem to happen most frequently midweek, sometimes on Tuesday and just about every Wednesday. Haven't figured out exactly why yet, but it leads me to believe it has something to do with my eating habits/patterns. Perhaps I'm eating too much too early in the day, or maybe it's what I'm eating. Either way, it's a place to start.

I've tried changing my diet a little, and eating more in the afternoons (normally I starve myself from lunchtime until after my run, which is about 7:30) but so far I haven't figured it out.

I know I will severely regret this, but I do have one more extreme measure I could try. I could...*gulp*...get up in the morning and run. For anyone who knows me at all, you know how incredibly hard this is for me. Many, MANY attempts have been made in the past, all complete failures. I'll even get my running clothes set out on a chair, my shoes tucked neatly under my bed, and my alarm clock on the opposite side of the room, and have high hopes for rising early for a refreshing run. But when the time comes, there is no way I'm leaving the bed. I'll get up to turn my alarm off and go right back into bed. As it is, I hit the snooze button about 5 times just to get up for work! Yes, getting out of bed in the morning is my own personal hell. Other than pickles, I can't think of anything worse. Although I did just come up with an idea...perhaps I can fashion an alarm clock that will dup a jar of pickles on my head in the morning. Then it would be worse to stay in bed than to get up.

All said, I'm doing well on the weekends. I think I should leave my long runs for Saturday mornings, that's when I seem to run the best (after sleeping in, of course). I will think seriously about this Wednesday morning thing...perhaps it's not worth it. Severe abdominal pain for half an hour while I run and still being able to sleep a little longer might just be a lesser evil for me. Any of you early birds have any advice for a novice early morning waker?