Well, I had to do the dirty deed tonight. I had to use my treadmill. I swore off my treadmill for 4 years! But I didn’t have a choice tonight and I didn’t want to miss the first workout of my Dopey cluster of runs this week. I have to do 3, 5, 8 and 23 this week. It was raining on my way home from work. I don’t care about the rain, I would have gone out in it. But my husband was still at work and wasn’t going to be home until almost 7.
It was already dark by 6:10 and I needed to be with the kids, so I had to fire up the dreadmill. I had to put 2x4s underneath the back end of it to raise the back up a little to avoid hurting my back (my chiropractor told me about this several years ago). When I did so, I dropped the back of it on my finger. I wasn’t happy about that.
I got my ipad with my favorite show Scandal all cued up with my headphones, told the kids not to kill each other while I did what I had to do. Yea it wasn’t the greatest, but it wasn’t as bad as I had feared. Funny, how I used to live on that treadmill religiously from 2002 to 2011. But it’s all good. I walked the first mile to get reacquainted with walking on a treadmill, then added a little running in 1-2 minute segments. I don’t know how to manage the intervals just this time. If I do the Galloway method on the treadmill I may break my neck doing the start and stop every 30 seconds, so I will have to work on an alternate interval cycle.
When I did run on it, it felt weird at first, but I did 1-2 minutes and then walked half of a lap. For my 5 mile run I plan on going outdoors to get it done after work tomorrow, but depending on how I feel in the morning, I may want to get dressed and do my 5 miles before the kids wake up and I have to start work. There is some potential to getting it done whatever it takes so I stay on track for my Dopey training.
I hate this time of year. I hate the dark at night. I don’t want to be trapped indoors to work out; but I’m proud that I am sticking to it. Despite my new job and the fact that I can’t run while at work, I’m doing what needs to be done and that’s ok. I’m also catching up on my shows!
I too hate the dreadmill. Sometimes you just gotta do what you gotta do. Good job on pressing through to get the run in. I can guarantee you your body will thank you.
I did my own little challenge with 3 races within 24 hours last month. Life got in the way of my training and my times showed it.
Keep pressing on.