Start of a long weekend with MLK Day on Monday. It was also below freezing outside today so I decided it was time to move indoors this morning. A good move on my part I am proud of my decision. The only problem (if there is one at all) is getting adjusted to looking a the same scene for the duration of the run on the treadmill.
To get over the tedium I play little games with the controls. I am trying to teach myself to run longer distances by keeping the same pace for long periods of time. So for now it's incline angles. Lateron another day it will include speed as well - those are both physically challenging as well as more interesting to my brain.
Today the challenge was to run 5 continuous miles. I completed 5.5 in a tad less than an hour. Including a couple of minutes of walking for a warm up and again during a cool down the total came to 5.89 miles overall.
I felt pretty good during the run. Breathing was great and my body handled it well. I was a little light headed at the end, just enough to feel it but not noticeable to others. Wow, that was a good run for me. And I overcame the tedium in building time on my feet.
The time on my feet has led to new running shoes. The ones I was running in are two + years old so it was time for a change to protect my poor feet.
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