Saturday, 20 December 2008

8 miles on a treadmill

Woman walking on a treadmill photo

Really.  It is bitter cold outside.  I considered running outside, but stood outside for a minute talking with my neighbor and realized that the wind was too lazy to go around me, so it just went straight through me!  

So, I went to my new and wonderful gym (24 hour fitness) and tried running on the 'mill.  I decided to walk/run, and then I decided to just walk.  I can run 4 miles on the treadmill, but I knew I would never get the 8 miles I needed running.   

I was able to do 8 miles in one hour, fifty minutes, and thirty-seconds.  13:48 per mile.  It was a good workout.  I am wondering if I should perhaps plan on WALKING the PFC RnR in Phoenix?

My days of LDR I think are over.  It takes too big a toll.  On my body.  On my life.  

I long to train for a triathlon.  I long to get in the pool.  I long to get on my bike, or even a spinning class if it is too icy and cold.  

I know my blog has been an endless procession of complaints lately and I appreciate anyone who has read it.  I think I shall go read your blogs now about your youth and training and fast races.  
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11 comments:

  1. Maggy20 December 2008 at 21:03

    Hopefully there are TVs in your gym and you found something decent to watch. When I run long distances on the TM (I think my record in 10M) it is always so much better if I find something good on TV.

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  2. Unknown21 December 2008 at 06:00

    Huge kudos to you for doing 8 miles of any sort on the treadmill. I cannot make it past 3 miles on a treadmill before I practially lose my mind. And it's been yucky outside. So I've done pretty much a whole bunch of nothing.

    Glad you have a little fire inside about triathlon. This year, when I was out with a knee injury, I learned that triathlon is fairly kind to the body and soul. I could swim, bike, walk and still feel good about my accomplishment.

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  3. E21 December 2008 at 06:50

    Great job on getting in 8 miles on the treadmill! You could always run/walk the half marathon, though if you do decide to walk it, that's OK too. :)

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  4. Jess21 December 2008 at 07:14

    8 miles is a LONG way on a treadmill! Congrats on your endurance for it!

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  5. Wes22 December 2008 at 07:46

    Just keep havin fun :-) I personally HATE being on the dreadmill for even an hour. Three miles is about my limit.

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  6. Unknown22 December 2008 at 08:25

    LOL on the last paragraph. That's what my blog is for - complaining so I won't have to complain to everyone around me.

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  7. Unknown22 December 2008 at 09:41

    In the end, what's really important is being healthy and having fun. If keeping it to shorter distances does that, than go with it.

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  8. Adam22 December 2008 at 12:18

    8 miles on the TM? I've done 6 before and that was when there was a Steelers game on and I could keep interested in that.

    Good going.

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  9. Mary Gee22 December 2008 at 19:20

    Actually, I had my iPod. My treadmill had CNN, and a bigger screen had "trading spouses" with closed captioning - for almost 2 hours, I was very entertained.... well as entertained as you can be on a treadmill... which I normally hate.

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  10. J~Mom26 December 2008 at 22:05

    My long run pace was 13 min/miles for a long time! I think that pace is awesome on the treadmill!! Great job!

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  11. carla30 December 2008 at 06:05

    vent away! it's your blog :)

    I cant do any kinda distance anything now (Im 39 and a half :)) so Ive hit the weights hard to jack up the metabolism.

    MizFit

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