Friday was my official rest day. I was really looking forward to it. But as it turns out, I'm not so good at resting. I was bored off my ass! I almost ended up eating the entire kitchen just to keep busy. Fortunately, I snapped out of it and reminded myself how hard I had worked at the gym...that kept me away from the chips!
Today was long run day. Unfortunately, it's a typical winter day in Virginia though - cold, wind and rain. Yuck. Lucky, lucky me, I have a treadmill so I hopped on and started to run. Do you have any idea how much 12.4 miles sucks on a treadmill? I do. Big time. The run itself was pretty good. I felt great until about mile 10.5 when I started to feel....um....crappy is to strong a word....how about just not so great. By mile 11.5, I wanted to quit. Hopefully it's just because I was stuck inside. I pushed out the last mile and slammed that 'Stop' button a tad bit harder than necessary. All I can say is that it better be nicer next weekend when I have to run 14 miles because I seriously don't think I can do that on a treadmill!
4 comments:
I can't run for more than an hour on the treadmill and really don't like to go over 30 minutes. Hats off to ya for doing 12.4 miles!!!
i get so bored running on a treadmill. ive ran a half on one and thought i was going to die.. not from running but boredom! if there's ever anything good on tv, like biggest loser - its so inspiring to keep running, its a little easier but normally at my gym they like to play every informercial ever made over and over...
Kudos to you for finishing your long run on the treadmill!! Eventhough I usually don't mind the treadmill, long runs on one are a pain in the butt! Pat yourself on the bad for knocking the long run out today, despite the weather. Feels good, huh?!
I agree with Eric--anyone who can run 12 miles on the treadmill gets major props!
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