Today I ran on the treadmill. Per Saturday's post, I am once again doing Week 6 of the Couch-to-5K program. Today was Day 2: run 10, walk 5, run 10.
I felt great the whole time! I love when that happens. (More on this later). Also, I ran the fastest speed I've run since starting the program for a little bit tonight. You see, I'm a jogger. I am finish-this-without-feeling-like-I-need-an-oxygen-tank kinda girl. I typically don't run fast(er) unless I am in a race passing people (Passing Other Runners: one of my favorite running-related activities) or I am just in good enough shape I don't realize I am doing it. At my best (Spring 2010) I was routinely running long distances between 10:30 and 12:30s and I ran a half marathon sub-10s. Yeah, I cannot currently do that. My pace for this couch-to-5K (on a treadmill, not outside) is 4.7 mph (12:45s), with the occasional *push* to 4.8 (12:30s).
Today, I ran on a treadmill in our condo gym. Now I am not sure the brand, but it has a feature I do not like. (It also has features I do like, namely a fan.) It does that crazy thing where it changes the speed you program one or two decimals. For example, if I put in 4.7 mph, I may look down and see I am going 4.5 mph, or 4.8 mph. I am trying to figure out what the heck it is doing. I wonder if there is a way it sensors if I am pushing more or less and it adjusts, but I just don't think it's that complicated. It drives me crazy. It's "banans"!
So today, during my second 10 minute run, I looked down and saw it was at 4.5. WHAT?!?! So, I bumped it up, but it went to 4.8. So I left it there. And it went back down to 4.5. WHAT?!?! So, I put it to 5.0 thinking it would accommodate me down to 4.7. And it did not. So, I ended up running the last 5 minutes at 5 mph (12s). And it was easy. Which means, as we all know, that I am not pushing hard enough. OR...that I am having a great day. (More on this later.) I was so jazzed, I bumped up the final minute: 30 seconds on 5.5, 30 seconds on 6. I am a beast. Well played, sneaky treadmill. Well played.
Is it later yet? YES. So, I regularly have the same health & fitness epiphany and them promptly forget it. It revisited me today. It typically goes something like this.
Man! My workout was great today. I felt so great the entire time. I feel like a [week|month|year] ago I would have been a mess during that, but today...today was GREAT! I wonder why. <pause> Oh yeah, I've eaten healthily and made smart choices for the not too distant past. When I eat healthy, I feel healthy. Genius!!!
Ready to forget it again... :P
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