I couldn't stand it anymore so I decided to run on the treadmill today. It was snowy out this morning and we decided to postpone our post-Christmas Christmas celebration by a day. I decided to do 33 minutes today and had no problem with it. I breathed pretty easily all the way through. The treadmill said I was running at about 4.6 mph and did about 2.75 miles in the 38 minutes. That's 5 minutes walking and 33 minutes running. I was a little surprised at the short distance again so I did a little experiment to test the accuracy of our treadmill. I made a mark on the base and a mark on the tread with White Out and counted the number of times it went around in a minute and then counted the number of times it went around over what it measured as a quarter of a mile. Turns out the ol' treadmill is accurate within about 3%, so over the course of 3 miles, it might be off by as much as a tenth of a mile. That's really not too bad, and not nearly as inaccurate as I thought it might be. The only other factor that might be playing into it is the weight of a person running. I did the measurements without a load, and it's possible that could change things. It did make some sense, though. I was breathing easily for most of the run and my pulse was pretty low, too. I intentionally kept the effort on the low side today to make sure I made it the full 33 minutes. The last time I ran on the treadmill, I took it way too fast and was worn out before I got halfway through my planned run. Not a bad run, though.
Today's stats: I did 2.75 miles in 38 minutes.
Next Up: Another 33 minutes, this time hopefully outside and hopefully covering a little more distance.
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