Night shift and endurance training

[triRN]

Hi all. This is my first time to post. I just graduated in December and am currently in orientation on days in the ICU. I will be switched to nights in 3 weeks. I am religious about exercise. I have done several marathons and triathlons. Throughout school I was very good at time management, I even trained and participated in a marathon. It keeps me balanced. I'm worried about time and energy when I switch over to nights. So far, on days, I have been able to get all my workouts in. Any suggestions or insights on how to balance night shift, sleep, and still have time for exercise and relationships. I'm very worried about this. Please help relieve my stress. :uhoh21:

[C2Allen11]

I work ICU nights...I tend to just make sure I get in long runs or the hard training on the days off. On my nights that I work I come home and go straight to bed, then wake up 1-2 hours before work and get light workouts in. I found it actually really wakes me up for work more so than from bed to the unit :)