Sen. Chuck Grassley, 86, is usually in bed by 8:30 or 9 p.m., so the late nights he has been keeping at the impeachment trial of President Trump haven't been easy for him.
The Iowa Republican says his secret for staying awake has been to sleep in longer—and then take a bracing run through his northern Virginia neighborhood.
Typically Mr. Grassley rises at 4 a.m. to run. He manages 3 miles, four times per week. But on Thursday he woke at the indulgent hour of 7:20 a.m.
There are some benefits to the later wake-up time, he said. "I'm able to do it in daylight."
A reporter asked if he ponders the trial's evidence and arguments while he is jogging. The answer, Mr. Grassley said, is decidedly no.
"This is going to sound sentimental to you, but my period of running is not only for exercise," he said. "It's a time when I discuss things with God."
