The treadmill was my race location of choice. The below treadmill is my favorite in the gym. There are tons more with fancy TVs and such, but these (of which they only have three -- sad face) are more firm under foot. When I first started running, I didn't notice the difference in the tread firmness, but sometime about five months ago, I ran on this and noticed that it was more firm, which I want because it is more similar to road conditions.
The treadmill is great because you don't have to carry the water and towel. Just pop it up on the mill, and it's all right there waiting for when you get sweaty and gross. That is of course after a thorough wipe down. I like to wipe it down on my own, even if I just saw someone wipe it down before me. Crazy controlling much?
I started slowly and tried to continually speed up as I got warmed up, and the final result is 6.21 in 47:46, average pace of 7:42. I feel good about it because I felt great afterwards, and I finished up with another .8 miles to cool down.
And I ran in my glasses. I usually train in glasses but race in contacts. Since this was a virtual race, I went relaxed with the glasses -- and a super sweatiness ponytail that tries to stick to the side of my face and make me swallow it while running. Not cool, ponytail.
You are so speedy!
ReplyDeleteI do the same thing ,put in the contacts for races but wear old glasses for training. When I run on the treadmill I just throw them in the cup holder. This will most likely result in me miss-stepping and flying off the treadmill. Way to kill it on the treadmill!
ReplyDeleteAwesome job!!! Erica
ReplyDeleteAwesome! Hannah Montana water bottle.... funny!
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Thanks for the info! I went a few times last year with a Groupon they did, and I really enjoyed it.
DeleteGo speed racer! I've tried to run in my glasses but I just fog them up.
ReplyDeleteThose treadmills are my favorite too! We have them at our Y - I think we might have 8 or so. And them maybe 4-5 other crappier ones. The ones at my work gym are decent, I can't remember the brand, but they only do whole percent increments of incline (so 1%, 2%) and the "favorite" treadmills have 0.5% which I think it more realistic than continually running at 1% (not idea for the achilles/calves).
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