Breaking Dawn, Breaking Habit: 2,000 Mornings
Two years ago I wrote about reaching 1,250 movement goals in five years. Today the counter shows 2,000. Read the first part of the story: Breaking Dawn: 5 Years, 1250+ Fitness Milestones Passo gemma Silana - Sardinia - Italy That's 750 more mornings since June 2024, at the same pace as before. Roughly seven years since my daughter started first grade and I decided my weekdays would begin before sunrise, with at least 30 minutes of training and 760 movement calories. Running, rowing, cycling. Sun, rain, snow, storm, and the roller trainer when the Austrian winter wins the argument. What has changed? Honestly? Not much. And I think that's the point. The gear is exactly the same: the same Asics GT-2000s (well, newer pairs of them), the same Concept2, the same bikes, the same Tacx, the same Apple Watch Ultra. The routine is the same. The mantra is the same: "Let's do this." Only the alarm has moved. Over the years, 4:30 quietly became 4:00. Don't ask m...