I think more of you need to get a dog, though, one who has been trained to get up at 6am on weekday mornings for walks.

My morning:

6:00am: alarm goes off. Hit snooze, hope dog didn’t hear alarm
6:04am: wet dog nose to face.
6:09am: alarm goes off again. Wet dog nose to face, wagging tail creates earthquake city out of the bed.
6:10am: get up, get dressed in walking clothes. Dog goes nuts, runs around the dining room like crazy while I get my shoes on.
6:15am: leash dog, grab plastic bags for dog duty (doody) and house key. Leave house for walk.
7:00AM: get back to house, water outside plants. Dog tries to eat the water coming out of the hose.

Then it’s eat breakfast while reading newspaper, feed dog, wash breakfast dishes while gazing out the window, rush around getting ready to bike to work, and try to get out the door by 7:35 or so.

Lucky me, the boss doesn’t get in until after 9:30, and it only takes me half an hour to get to work. :)

You need more fiber.

[ OK, this has nothing to do with cycling, but since Fatty is recycling articles, I figured I could dig out an old comment I made somewhere else and recycle it here. ]

7:00 Alarm goes off
7:00 Press Snooze alarm
7:01 Dog jumps on bed demanding attention
7:07 Alarm goes off
7:07 Wife gets up, i stay in bed and press snooze again
7:14 Alarm goes off again
7:14 I turn off alarm and sit up in bed
7:14 Bio break
7:15 I put on my bike shorts which have “magically” appeared by my side of the bed
7:16 I walk into the livingroom and announce “pour the milk, Igor” (or sometimes my wife will simply say “Igor?” and wait for a nod)
7:17 I eat my cereal
7:20 I put on my jersey and socks that have “magically” appeared clean
7:25 I put on sunglasses (which “magically” know if they should be tinted or orange) headsweats, and helmet
7:28 I pick up either my pannier or rack depending on if i am riding Duchess (Rain) or Princess (nice weather) which have “magically” appeared with a homemade lunch and clean clothes for work
7:29 Pick up “magically” clean and full water bottles
7:30 Turn on helmet flashies and walk to stairs
7:31 Put bottles and pack on bike
7:35 Roll out of the house
7:38 Promise myself i am going to get out of the house a little earlier tomorrow

It doesn’t seem that hard to get out in the morning. Perhaps everyone just needs a Tracie

My routine starts a little bit like this:

# 8.30 Wake up to the sweet melodies of my favourite Bloc Party song that has since been ruined due to setting it as my alarm tone.
# 8.30 Fall out of bed and onto the hard floor thus waking up my girlfriend
# 8.31 Wait for my housemate to use the toilet who always seems to get the call of nature at the same time as I do
# 8.33 Use toilet
# 8.34 Bump into bike in corridor on my way into kitchen
# 8.34 Swear at bike
# 8.35 Prepare food for work that should have been prepared the day before
# 8.40 Apologise to bike for swearing at it earlier

If you want to read on I put the rest of it up on my blog.

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