Hey look at that. I like green. Especially on mile markers.
I just finished 2 miles on the treadmill at 22:48. I tried starting REALLY slow (4 miles an hour) and gradually increasing the pace to 6.5 miles an hour by the end. I like the switching of speeds. It almost feels like I use different muscles when I speed up a little, and I don't notice the fatigue. I am pretty happy that I didn't labor with the breathing as I got faster. I could still run with my mouth closed until I got up past 5.5 miles per hour--which was around the 1 mile mark.
You know another thing I like about running on a treadmill? I watch movies on a little portable DVD player. You know, the kind that you can put in your car? Well, they fit perfectly on the little book rest on the treadmill. One of the hardest things for me during running is what goes on in my head. Without a distraction, I usually end up staring at the little screen, watching each .01 of a mile tick by. Or if I'm at the track, I start doing infuriating fractions. "Look, I've already done 3.25 laps and I'm going for 8. That means I've only got 19/32nds left to go (get a pencil and paper--it's right) . . . now I've done 3.5 laps . . . ." Good grief. Talk about neural fatigue. I've got to get some really great music to listen to--I bet that would help. What do you guys think about while you run? | 