Run 24

I snuck in 25 fast minutes on the treadmill on Friday night, before the long drive to PH. I'm not much for treamills, as I have said here before, but this was a pretty good run. Caught a rerun of "Friends" on the gym TV. It was only my second run last week (first was on Monday) and I didn't run this weekend, beyond 30 minutes sprinting around the yard, playing hide-and-seek with the little FAs. I'm now inside two weeks of my 10k, and even though I haven't hit the road like I did for other races I feel optimistic and am excited for it. I've had some good dreams, running well and feeling good. Aiming to run 10k this coming weekend in preparation but otherwise am just aiming to get through the week.

Peace, fellas.

Running on the treadmill

Hitting the treadmill again as I travel for work. Ran 4.2 miles on a very old trainer yesterday and I am not even sure of the pace, but it felt decent. Have that runner's twinge on my knee and I am still working through it. Also, hit the stationary bike tonight to change it up. 50 minutes and the legs received a different type of work out. Always good to let some sweat out and just work the muscles.

Nice job everyone on the posts, particularly Bennu, who seems to have caught the running bug. Keep it up.

2 more treadmill workouts

Gotta love the treadmill. Two 4.15 Mile runs. Both completed in under 35 minutes. Worked up a good sweat. Nothing to do but watch Southern California go up in flames the entire time I ran. God bless everyone who is affected out there and for the brave firemen who are working 24 hour shifts just to keep the entire southern half of the state from going up.

My sweat and toil in preparation for a race seems trivial when there are 7,000 dedicated people putting their lives on the line for their neighbors.

Treadmill Musings

Ran on Friday for a 1/2 hour during an early AM run with rain starting to fall on me as I finished. Okay run.

Today, between sessions at a conference I am attending near Philly, I ran on a treadmill. Running on a treadmill leads one to have several thoughts:

Why do they put mirrors in front of you? While I certainly admired my quad muscles beginning to have more definition, after awhile I got bored watching my fat jiggle around my midsection. Why not put them in front of windows to look at the great outdoors?

When TVs are just off to the side, one should not watch them. I slipped several times and almost fell as I watched some good old football on Sunday.

Why do you have to use the keys on the dash to adjust the speed? It totally throws your stride. Much better to have a remote you could hold in your hands that could adjust speed and incline.

Anyways, 1/2 hour, 3.5 miles, very sweaty as I headed to dinner.

Cheers. Keep on running!