During the time, I was able to keep it up for about 3 weeks straight back when I trying it out in late Dec ’07 up until Mid-January 2008. That was when I caught the cold and had confined myself to bed for a few days.

Whatever momentum I had built up over the past few weeks of waking up at 5:30 AM, I felt I had lost. It was like having the wind being knocked out of me while running full-speed ahead.

While I thought it was something minor where I could recover on my own, boy was I wrong. It taught me an important lesson that when you build up so much momentum – a routine that you feel is working for you – becoming sick can just throw everything you’ve worked for up to that point into turmoil.

By day 4 after I had caught the cold, I took some DayQuil medicine in order to alleviate the symptoms, which helped me feel better, but I didn’t feel I was my same ‘great’ self a day prior to becoming sick. What it boils down to is that being proactive about your own health is something that needs to be addressed immediately so you minimize the loss our most precious resource – time. I’ll be adopting the use of ColdFX – a daily cold/flu prevention medicine available in all major Canadian Drug stores.

I have to admit at this point of my life, it’s a constant struggle and battle to sustain that positive change especially when you’re coming from toxic cycles of waking up to an erratic schedule.

I’m going commit myself to waking up at 5:00 AM for about the 2nd time now, and I’ll report my progress and what make use of the time I have to myself in the morning, within a week.

- Will

Below is a run that I completed earlier this afternoon to see how much further I could push myself. Here I chose my school, the Ted Rogers School of Management right beside Eaton Centre as the destination, where I’d swing around down along Bay St. and back east along Queen St East back home.

I’m excited to measure my marathon training progress here. I think I’ll bump up my distance up to 10 km for next Sunday (weather pending). See you on the street or on the trails!

- Will