Note: There is a point to these pictures, but you must read the post to figure it out :)
So, there's nothing like getting up early...driving to work...to run...and having it start pouring down rain...as you pull in the parking lot. Nice. So, in lieu of running outside, I decided to still get the miles in on the treadmill (or the "I Hate Running Machine"). Since I HATE running on the treadmill, I thought I would get in 3 miles instead of the 4 I had planned, and pick up the other mile somewhere else this week.
But guess what?
(And this is for all of you 30+ somethings).
Did you know that they play music videos on VH1 between at least 6:50am and 7:30am???? All of these years I have been trying to figure out where the music videos went...AND NOW I FOUND THEM! It might even *be worth it* to run on the treadmill now (I didn't really say that). So here's how it shook down (by artist, not song...because well, I can't remember what they were all called):
Matt Kearney: Undeniable
Vanessa Carleton: ???
Fergie: Big Girls Don't Cry (looking at her made me want to run faster)
Melissa Ethridge: ????
Nickleback: can't remember the song but very cool video
And then I decided to cool down.
Until.
Maroon 5: Wake up Call. And OMG...Adam Levine is so hot (sorry mom/dad), but for real. And he kindof looks like T-roi (especially when he hasn't shaven, but since I could not find an unshaven pic of T, I attached the clean versions of both my men. I mean, both of them. So you could see the resemblence. And just how lucky I am.) And did I mention how hot he is? Very cool video. But, Adam, I mean, c'mon. So, since I sorta felt like he was singing to me, I decided I couldn't let him see me walking and I began to run again.
And I cranked out 4 whole miles on the treadmill.
And it wasn't hard at all.
Plan for the rest of the week:
Wed: 10k (to see where I'm at for the Labor Day Race)
Thur: 5 miles
Fri: 5 miles
Sat: speedwork (Ha!)
Sun: Rest
I also changed my training schedule so that I don't have to run on the weekends unless I'm doing speedwork or crosstraining on the trails. I have just succumb to the fact that I don't like running on the weekends, and since my work schedule permits endless hours of running during the week, there is no reason that I can't treat myself to non-running weekends (ie, I can sleep in!).
Have a great week!
So, there's nothing like getting up early...driving to work...to run...and having it start pouring down rain...as you pull in the parking lot. Nice. So, in lieu of running outside, I decided to still get the miles in on the treadmill (or the "I Hate Running Machine"). Since I HATE running on the treadmill, I thought I would get in 3 miles instead of the 4 I had planned, and pick up the other mile somewhere else this week.
But guess what?
(And this is for all of you 30+ somethings).
Did you know that they play music videos on VH1 between at least 6:50am and 7:30am???? All of these years I have been trying to figure out where the music videos went...AND NOW I FOUND THEM! It might even *be worth it* to run on the treadmill now (I didn't really say that). So here's how it shook down (by artist, not song...because well, I can't remember what they were all called):
Matt Kearney: Undeniable
Vanessa Carleton: ???
Fergie: Big Girls Don't Cry (looking at her made me want to run faster)
Melissa Ethridge: ????
Nickleback: can't remember the song but very cool video
And then I decided to cool down.
Until.
Maroon 5: Wake up Call. And OMG...Adam Levine is so hot (sorry mom/dad), but for real. And he kindof looks like T-roi (especially when he hasn't shaven, but since I could not find an unshaven pic of T, I attached the clean versions of both my men. I mean, both of them. So you could see the resemblence. And just how lucky I am.) And did I mention how hot he is? Very cool video. But, Adam, I mean, c'mon. So, since I sorta felt like he was singing to me, I decided I couldn't let him see me walking and I began to run again.
And I cranked out 4 whole miles on the treadmill.
And it wasn't hard at all.
Plan for the rest of the week:
Wed: 10k (to see where I'm at for the Labor Day Race)
Thur: 5 miles
Fri: 5 miles
Sat: speedwork (Ha!)
Sun: Rest
I also changed my training schedule so that I don't have to run on the weekends unless I'm doing speedwork or crosstraining on the trails. I have just succumb to the fact that I don't like running on the weekends, and since my work schedule permits endless hours of running during the week, there is no reason that I can't treat myself to non-running weekends (ie, I can sleep in!).
Have a great week!