I'm a night owl and my body clock seems to be such that I find lunchtime/afternoon and evening runs easier. I tend to feel stiff and tired first thing but, having said that, over the last year I have done more morning runs (due to running in company or racing) and I often have to get up much earlier than normal to do them and I would say that it sets me up for the rest of the day really well. Its just the creaky plodding feeling that I get when I set off that tends to put me off.

You say you hate morning runs so you are already setting off thinking its going to be horrible...I know that feeling and am a big culprit myself but I've decided this year that I can change my enjoyment of things by changing my mindset and it really works. As fellrunners, I believe we already have strength of mind and willpower or we'd never get up those really steep hills, if you think you ought to run in the morning you need to find a way to think of it as a positive thing or you'll never enjoy it.