RICHARD VIDOLI (PRONO: vee-duh-lee) WAS FED UP WITH A LONG MORNING COMMUTE. NOW HE GETS UP BEFORE DAWN AND HEADS TO THE GYM NEAR HIS OFFICE. 
I'm saving the stress, I'm saving a good 40 minutes sitting in traffic. MARLENE MAUK (PRONO: mock) IS RIGHT THERE WITH HIM...
I found it much easier leaving my house at 10 til 5 and being here at 5:30, it's just a breeze coming in, I can get my workout in and go on with my day. 
MARLENE AND RICHARD ARE PART OF A GROWING NUMBER OF COMMUTERS WHO START THEIR DRIVE TO WORK BEFORE MOST PEOPLE GET OUT OF BED. IN 2006 THE U-S CENSUS BUREAU REPORTED 3-MILLION MORE WORKERS LEFT HOME BETWEEN 5 AND 6:30 A-M... THAN DID IN 2000. SOME FITNESS CENTERS ARE OPENING EARLIER TO ACCOMMODATE THE TREND.
We found that 9 to 5, what was the norm 10 years ago, is not the norm anymore. People are getting started earlier.
IN RICHARD'S CASE, IT'S AN EARLIER START THAT GETS HIM TO OFFICE BY 7. 
We'll see ya. Have a good day.