You never know if you'll like something until you try it. I was pretty sure I didn't like treadmills.
Being 413* degrees out tonight, it was either run at midnight when it finally cooled down, postpone until a cooler day, or do something else. I suggested the SDC Fitness Center, at which I've been lifting weights (or pulling cables out of machines that have weights in them somewhere), so Nancy and I headed up.
The treadmill I chose was equipped with the next generation BMW iDrive system, which fortunately didn't interfere with the giant UP and DOWN button, the former of which I mashed repeatedly to get going. At 1.0 miles, I noticed I was sweating a lot. The man on the TV was talking about hearty winter vegetables. At 2.0 miles, the windshield wipers on the treadmill navigation system came on. At 2.5 miles, the SLIPPERY WHEN WET indicator light came on, and traction control was activated.
But I made it to 3.0 miles (in 32:35), which is what's on my training schedule for today. And I didn't fall off the machine. And I won't be back on a treadmill again. If God had wanted us to run on treadmills, he wouldn't have given us the outdoor sports industry.
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