Okay, so I have a lot of work and endurance ahead of me. If I run a marathon at 15 minutes a mile, it's going to take me 6.5 hours to complete. I am NOT running for that long so I'm going to have to figure out how to get it to, at least, 11 minutes a mile. With that rate, I can complete the marathon in a little over 4 and a half hours. Now, that seems a bit better. I can not believe I just stated that running that length of time was "better." Who am I?
We got another 2 inches of snow last night, so running outside was quickly dismissed as an option, especially since the sidewalks are still covered from the snow we got two weeks ago and the roads are being cleared by snow plows. Adam and I decided to try out our local recreation center in Merriam. It's really a great deal. It's only going to cost us a total of $26 a month to use the gym equipment (a.k.a. treadmills). What's great about a treadmill is that you can track your progress (miles completed, time, calories burned) and you can watch television as you run (even if it was the Chiefs game - it was still television). Adam and I are relatively competitive with one another so running side by side on a treadmill can become a bit dangerous. When I saw he was running at a certain speed, I felt the need to increase my speed and vice versa. In the end, he won. Sadly, while running, I fell off the treadmill (in front of a group of women) and into the woman on the treadmill next to me and, so, I had to slow down. Even after all of that work (and some humiliation), I still only ran a 15 minute mile. Even worse than that ... I only burned 146 calories. I ran two miles and only burned 146 calories. That just seems so wrong. On the bright side, Day 2 of Marena's Marathon Training has been completed. Now, I want ice-cream.
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