Running and night shifting

Yeah, so running has suffered with the whole night shift thing. Weeks where I work all three of my nights in a row (which is my preference) are especially challenging.  The first night I work I have this debate about whether running that day is just wearing me out when I have a big challenge in front of me or if it is energizing. I think it is more energizing then not, I just need to remember in that case less is more, so more a 3 mile day than a 5 mile day.  Then the days following, Fagetaboutit. I'm doing good to function and show up at work that night. No extra energy for exercise.  Then after a three night stretch it seems like the 4 days off fly by and running gets put on the back burner. However, this past week was Spring Break and the fam was off doing fun stuff while I was working and sleeping.  It was depressing honestly. Very depressing.  Then on Friday I had my first run in 2 weeks and found my run was lifted significantly!  So I re-remembered how much I like running and how important it has become in my routine!  Then I ran Monday and it kinda stunk but that's ok too.  That's running for ya I guess!