I realized today that I love to run. I love to run even more on a track or road, but for now the treadmill will do.
When on the treadmill, I have a hard time just letting my body do it's job. I think about my knees, ankles, what part of my foot is hitting the ground first, what hurts, what feels good or anything else like these. However, I seem to be unable to let my body just enjoy the feeling. It's sad really. But probably has a lot to do with the lack scenery.
So, to try and keep my mind away from mechanics, I decided I would try to up my speed a bit. I have all winter to do it. I will do it a little at a time. Today on my 2 mile run, I ran 1/2 a mile at speed 7. I have no idea what this means OR if it is universal between treadmills. In other words, it means I ran a 9 minute mile pace for 1/2 a mile. It was hard. But I'm going to do it until it's easy, and then I'm going to run longer at that speed. I don't really have a goal of running a certain distance within a certain time, but at least this will ad variety to my runs on the treadmill. And it's fun.
What fun things do you do to spice up your treadmill runs?
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