running (or really exercise in general)

i hate running in the morning. HATE it. hate any form of strenuous activity in the morning, actually. even a 10:30am workout generlly sucks in my mind. who the hell wakes up and thinks to himself, "well i know my entire body has just barely registered that we're actually still alive and there's this process called breathing, but i think it'd be a good idea to throw my body around a few times, with as much speed and muscle engagement as i possibly could require, heck maybe i'll even throw in some EXTRA weight, like amounts i'd never want to be part of my flesh. and then maybe if im lucky i'll get to spice things up by being entirely unable to breathe throughout the whole adventure. gosh, YES, this is why I moved to shut off my alarm this morning! finally i remembered my purpose!" please go die. that self has only existed a total of three times in my life, all of which im sure were the result of my brain temporarily trying to reason withouth any coffee.

no, i thoroughly prefer an afternoon workout. there's nothing like getting out all the stress that's accumulated throughout the day. i love just pounding out a run; it's so refreshing. and you've had all day to "wake up" and get stuff done that you need to. this is your time to just take a break. not to mention you get to a rev up your metabolism for a healthy dinner. ah--love it! now that's not to say that sometimes you can get either a.) too busy to workout or b.) too "tired" to workout. However, those are still choices you're making, and on a whole I find myself much, much more likely to not skip an afternoon workout vs a morning one (not to say I've tried the latter that much but...still). Also, as far as the too tired thing goes, I've generally found that I actually feel more awake and energized after a run on days that I feel exhausted. So it can help you be more productive in your evenings as well!

sorry. i know this is pretty biased in favor of afternoon workouts. i just..yeah. really like them and wanted to throw out some reasons re: why since so many people seem to rah-rah the morning exercise thing. just some thoughts...