Training Run 6. Treadmills Suck Balls!

Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Location: Treadmill, LynnHood 24 Hour Fitness
Distance: 2.02 miles
Time: 24:05
Pace: 11:51 min/mile

I hate running on treadmill now. I'm convinced that the whole concept of time comes to a stand still while I'm running on a treadmill. I call it "running to nowhere". A mile seems to take an infinity to reach. It sucks balls!

Not only that, I'm so focused on trying to stay centered on the treadmill that my form goes completely out the window. I'm also convinced that if I could see how I ran on a treadmill, I'd bust out laughing.

For the last few months I've been going to a Tuesday night step class at my gym. I've nicknamed the instructor as "Hardcore Marissa". This woman is crazy/fun. Last night she had the class doing squats for probably 10 minutes straight! She also had us doing crunches and push-ups too.

But I was feeling good today. Not sore at all. Well that was the case until I hit the treadmill tonight. My plan was to run outside today, but I had to head down to the restaurant. So that meant treadmill running. Yuck. The minute I hit the treadmill, all my soreness surfaced. Everything hurt. Legs, abs, shoulders, everything.

My original plan was 3 miles. I couldn't even run after the 1.25 mile mark. I slowed to a brisk walk and that was still painful. I could tell that my calf muscles wanted to just cramp up. I gave up after 2 miles.

Tonight was more painful than all of the running events I've completed combined. I didn't feel like this after last week's step class. I'm very sure that it was the dumb treadmill that brought the pain on! I hate the treadmill! I think I'm also going to resort to running in the dark as well with running in the rain!