I *Heart* the Treadmill

I made up with the treadmill today....I know! Gasp!! I haven't run since Saturday so this morning, I knew it was time to get my butt to the gym (snow coming down = me not running outside). I figured I would have a horrible time because (a) it's the treadmill and I don't have a great track record with it, and (b) after 4 days of no running I figured I'd be lucky to get 3 miles in. Given this, I decided to do sprints and just get through 3 miles. It was going really well and I felt great so I continued on. I kept bouncing around from 7:37, 7:50, 8:00, 8:15 and 8:30 minute miles and managed to run 7 miles in 58 and a half minutes! I'm really excited about that. I'm always amazed at what is possible when you really push yourself. Once I knew it was possible to get 7 in before that 59:59 mark on the readout, I really pushed even harder. Great speed work complete! Maybe my legs are finally responding to all these damn lunges, squats and biking.