Could a dawn-simulation alarm clock get me up and running?

Waking slowly with gently increasing light did the trick for me. And it could even have made made me sharper mentally

I love to sleep and I love to run, but in winter, when it gets light for only about five minutes a day, the two conflict. I’m going to start training for the Manchester marathon soon and, apart from club training nights, mornings are the best time to run for me. What’s more, a morning run banishes my often low moods better than anything else, and sets me up for the day.

But being jerked out of sleep by my iPhone alarm was not getting me out of bed, and when I did awake properly, I was often grumpy, groggy and in no mood to do what banishes grumpy grogginess better than anything, which is to get my running gear on and get out of the door.

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