Both my husband and I (at various times of various years) have attempted a regular running routine. I have run on and off (mostly off!) for 3 years and started again before xmas. My husband started running mid last year and has a slightly dodgy knee so would run for a few weeks then stop when his knee hurt too much. He started running again last week, first time since January.
As we have primary school age kids, we don't run together and run at different times of the day. He admittedly used to do more early morning runs (6am) than me, as I didn't like getting up early and used to do more at lunchtime or at the weekend. However, a few weeks ago I joined a running group which meets once a week at 6am so I bagged that day as 'my' day for the early morning run.
So for 2 weeks all fine, I ran every alternate day at 6am. Now DH has started running again, he thinks he should have first choice of morning runs (apart from the running group day), and I am "interfering" with his routine as he has usually run early mornings and I should run in the evening or at lunchtime.
My reasons for running in the morning are basically that I actually enjoy the quietness and it sets me up for the day. I work full-time and don't always take a lunchbreak, and not keen to run in the heat of the day (warmer climate where I live), and by the time I get the kids to bed in the evening, its 8pm and my tv/slob out time, I'm not overly keen on going out for a run then.
His reasons for wanting the morning run are that he doesn't want to run in the sun or heat and that it was his 'thing' first to run early. when I suggested him running in the evening, he said that it was still hotter than at 6am.
One thing that is grating me is that he is a SAHP, so once the kids go to school, he has all day to run! Whereas I have much more limited time.
I suggested this morning to have set days for each of us to go at 6am and if you missed it (for weather, or just general can't be arsed) then it's up to you to go another time that day (or just miss it). He wasn't happy with this and still thinks that he should decide if he's running that morning and if not, then I can. Considering he will not be running every day, but he wants the freedom to skip a day and then do the next day (which if we had a rota, would be my day).
Sorry this is so long (and first world problems), but there was a blazing row and I'm not sure if I'm BU in muscling in on his running times or not!