31 days of early morning insanity - or not

After a whopping six days, I am suspending my 31 day trial of getting up early.  Between stress at work and the physical stress of preparing for a marathon, my body just wasn't responding very well to the new schedule.  So at least for now I'm back to being a night owl.

Still, the original reason for the early morning writing is still there - I want to make sure I get writing done, and that it is a priority for me.  So I'm considering other ways to keep writing at the top of my to do list.  I've considered rewards (a Starbucks Pumpkin Spice Latte for every 5000 words seems like a nice a idea), and punishments (if I don't meet my word count goal, I have to go without gloves on my early morning runs).   Not sure what's going to work for me, but I'll figure it out.  

What do you do to stay motivated?