Day 56: Boredom

From Me and the Road

Date: 2/25/09

Consecutive Days Run: 56

Runner: Brandon Wood

Shoes: Newton AW Trainers

Location: New York, NY

Type of Run: Hour easy

Time of Day: 2:15 PM EST

Distance Run: 8.0 miles

Time Run: 01:00:00

Average Pace: 7:30 per mile

Weather Conditions: Indoors

Disposition: Meh

Link to Run Detail: N/A

About the Run: Today’s weather made running outdoors impossible, unless of course you can find running waders. I decided last night that I would find myself on the treadmill today for my assigned run of one hour, easy. So, after much moaning and groaning about how much treadmills suck, I made my way through a snowy, slushy mess to my gym.

It was actually very strange putting on shorts for for my running gear, but it was nice donning my running visor instead of my winter hat. It took me a few minutes to find a good treadmill as the maintenance on most I tried was severely lacking and clearly evident by the squealing coming from the belts. Once I found one that wasn’t going to make my head explode, I got on it and got going. Earlier in the day I had been lamenting the fact that when I am on a treadmill, the effort is much greater for the same pace relative to running outdoors. For example, today when I was on my 7:30 pace (according to the treadmill), my perceived effort told me I was running closer to about 7 minutes per mile. That said, I don’t believe that I only ran 8 miles, but that’s what the treadmill said so I’ll go with it.

The run went well, all things considered, but I cannot possibly explain how bored I was. This was compounded by the fact that I can’t wear my glasses while I’m running and they treadmills were situated about five feet too far away from the televisions for me to read the closed captioning. In any event, I fear I’ll be on the treadmill for the next two days due to this storm. There is a chance I will get out and do just a short run regardless of the conditions due to the fact that I don’t have an assigned run for either day. We shall see what the sn-urricane allows for!