What a bad morning out there! The rain beating down on the pavement as I look out into the darkness, these dark January morning are very hard to motivate ones self, because of the usual bad weather and the winter time effect of the Clocks mainly. Not so easy to say to ones self "Oh Im going for my early morning run". Its just not appealing, cant see where you're going, getting splashed, getting wet and generally feeling like shite! Give me a lovely sunny bright morning in Spring or Summer - instantly your head is in a different place. You look out and see the sun rising over the hills and the clouds forming perfectly with birds singing in the background. Its a lot easier to rise early from that cosy bed, don the runners and go for that 10 mile run you've always been promising yourself. Not happening today anyway - and heres why: