reading and early mornings

On the road to Sewanee, TN I finished reading Run Your First Marathon by Grete Waitz. I thought it was a great book with good information. While in Sewanee we visited the library at The University of the South where they were having a book sale! I glided my finger along the row of bindings and probably hadn't touched 20 books when my finger landed on the title MARATHON.
I immediately grabbed it up and read the jacket and was intrigued, I hadn't heard of the book before and I liked that it was about a man (age 41) training and running his first marathon. I read most of the book on the way home and just finished it tonight. It was a heartwarming book and I loved the details of his runs and the actual race. I would love to find other non-fiction books about running that are more biographical than training manuals. It was great, and at times I burst into tears and also laughed out loud at the familiarity of what all us runners go through. 


I've been having some insomnia for about a week and it was still with me last night. At almost exactly 3am I wake up as if I've had enough sleep and it's time to get up. I manage to close my eyes and lie there until 6am, but on some level I'm probably getting rest those next 3 hrs. It's not super aggravating at the time but I can tell during the day I'm not getting all my sleep.

Tomorrow I will begin my routine of two consecutive morning runs. (Tuesday and Wednesday). I'm doing this on purpose to put enough time between my runs those days since I will have a standing appointment on Wednesdays at 5:15pm for a massage. (I don't want to run Tuesday night then Wednesday morning)


Oh, I forgot to mention the Marathon book was $1! (ONE dollar!)