One thing's for sure. I despise our treadmill. It's insanely boring...I just don't have enough thoughts to keep my mind occupied for 30 minutes with nothing to look at but a wall, a picture of my daughters and an occasional glance to the side out the window. On top of that, it's about 70 degrees inside the house, so I get very hot. In addition, for whatever reason running on the treadmill seems harder than running outside. I've been trying to keep my heart rate in the low 160s for the first 2/3 of my run and then work it up to about 170-175 by the end of the run. I had to slow the treadmill down to somewhere between 4.2 and 4.5 MPH to keep my heart rate in a good range. That's quite a bit slower than my average pace outside. I toughed it out and did my full 36 minute run, though. The treadmill says I only did 2.65 miles. I tested its accuracy recently and I believe it's with 3% of right on, so I'm not going to argue. Considering I did 3.1 miles in less than 36 minutes on my last run, I feel like today's was pretty pitiful. I'm planning my first 5K for one month from tomorrow, so it's time to get serious. I'll probably be on the treadmill for the rest of the week. We got significant snow here, and I'm just not ready to venture out into that.
Today's Stats: 2.65 miles in 36 minutes for a per mile pace of 13:35.
Next up: More treadmill. I might try to run on the treadmill at the hospital fitness center Thursday for comparison to the treadmill at home.
Maybe we can get a new treadmill soon? I know, dream on....
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