Harvard University

While the World Sleeps Beep, beep! Beep, beep! I wake to the ear-splitting sound of my alarm clock at 5:30 a.m. The world outside is dark and hushed. My weary body feels drained of energy, but I struggle out of my warm, comfortable bed. Straining to open my eyes, I stumble to the closet and pull on my reflective running tights and neon windbreaker. As I fumble with the laces of my running shoes, I consider calling in sick. But despite my bed's magnetic pull, I manage to leave the house at this ungodly hour to join the cross-country running team in a rigorous eight-kilometer training.…