Creating time to train and other important stuff!

I had to drop a friend off at Southampton airport this morning for 6:00am, an early start by anyone's standards.  I have a busy day ahead of me today so I thought how am I going to get a training session in today that will fit around work and an appointment with Andover Sound this morning.  The solution was simple.  I decided to drive to the airport in my running gear so the moment I returned home I could leave the car and set off on my run.  I figured that as I was up anyway, I may as well stay up!  As a result I managed to get a 60 minute run in and still be back home before 8:00am.

So even though there appeared to be no room in my day for my training, I was able to create the time by identifying the potential 'gaps' in my day and then filling them with meaningful activity. For me this happened to be a run, but for others it maybe family time, e-mail sorting, that important telephone call etc.  The thing is, it doesn't have to be an early start either.  The gaps exist throughout your day and as we all have 24 hours to play with, how creative can you get with your time?