To sleep or not to sleep...

I've been running at 5am with the roommate. It's miserable to wake up that early, but I'm thinking about making the switch to mornings (maybe more like 6 or 7, unless I'm running with her). Here's why:

1) I eat a LOT after running. This is a much better idea in the morning than at 10pm, when the Big Feast tends to happen for me. It totally doesn't work to try to eat more in the day so I won't pig out after running; I just end up eating even more.
2) I often run late enough that I have adrenaline going well into the night. I do like to wake up at a reasonable time, which is not possible for me when I didn't go to sleep till 1 or 2am. Running in the morning will get me going for the day, when I want to be awake!
3) I'll occasionally have running buddies... roomate & co. are not on the same training schedule I am, as they're training for a marathon on another date, but there's some overlap and, for me, some flexiblity on when which miles happen.
4) As my runs get longer, they become more difficult to fit in between my other evening activities and the time my gym closes/ it's too dark for running alone outside. Not much is going on early morning to conflict with running, and somehow morning darkness is not as scary.