Well, I did it. I completed my long run on the treadmill on Saturday afternoon. Here are some thoughts from my Christmas Eve treadmill (almost) half marathon.
Minute 0 – This treadmill can’t be set for distance, only time?!? And it maxes out at 60 minutes?
Minute 1 - How many channels are there? If TV package no longer includes Fox I may kill someone. Most likely myself
Minute 3 - FINALLY I found the game. And the Redskins are losing. Excellent.
Minute 10 - This isn’t so bad. Why do I stay away from the treadmill?
Minute 12 - These announcers are horrible.
Minute 15 - I hate the treadmill. Could time go by any slower? It’s going to be LONG afternoon.
Minute 20 - I should probably bump up the pace here...or just wait until 30 minutes instead.
Minute 25 – These socks are making my legs really hot. Why did I chose to test them out inside?
Minute 30 - Speeding up!
Minute 40 - Why does Honey Stinger make this package so hard to open? It says “tear here” yet it seems to be impenetrable
Minute 42 - I’m really not going to get this open.
Minute 44 - Ugh. That took long enough. Now I remember why I always pre-tear the packages.
Minute 45 - Fruit Smoothie flavor is quite nice.
Minute 52 - I really wish the treadmill wasn’t stopping in 8 minutes. It’s going to be really hard to force myself to restart it. Also, why is halftime so long? This is boring, though that Cincinnati touchdown was pretty cool.
Minute 60 - 6.35 miles done. Cancel cool down, push lots of buttons, please restart faster!!!
Minute 61 - I have to do this all over again and then some. Can I pick up the pace to fit in 6.8 miles in this hour? Probably not…
Minute 70 - Oh man, that Adrian Peterson knee injury looked REALLY bad.
Minute 75 – I should really practice tweeting while running. That would be a good skill for Goofy. Except I probably am not coordinated enough for treadmill tweeting.
Minute 80 - Time for another snack! And I guess I'll pick up the pace again.
Minute 84 - #$!#%!@% Almost went flying off the back of the treadmill. Totally distracted by that 67 yard run by Toby Gerhart. Why can’t the Redskins tackle?
Minute 93 - How did the Redskins blow out the Giants last week and look so bad this week?
Minute 100 - I probably don’t really need to run 13.1 miles. I mean is there really a reason to run a Christmas Eve half marathon? 1.1 miles won’t make or break Goofy...right?
Minute 101 - But a treadmill half marathon just sounds so much nicer.
Minute 105 - No, 13 is too far. And completely unnecessary. What do I need to get to on this leg to get to 12? Running math is so hard…
Minute 110 - I can’t stay on this treadmill another 9+ minutes. I should be able to do anything for 10 minutes, but I just can’t.
Minute 111 – And…5.65 miles. I’m done. Unfortunately, it appears that the Redskins are too. This was not one of my better ideas. At least I don't have to do a long run on Monday now.
9 comments:
Ha! Great play by play, only it went by WAY too fast to be realistic. You'd have needed another three pages for that.
I am impressed. Maybe next time, go for the world record? I think it is 155 miles or thereabouts ...
Haha. This is a pretty funny post and I bet it was boring, boring, boring! I have been there though. I'm going to try to stay far away from the treadmill this winter. Considering I am a weather wimp - this should be interesting.
Great job on the treadmill! I ended up bailing on my run because I scored last minute tickets to the 'Skins game. Time would have been better spent on the treadmill. BAH.
This post is awesome!!! I can't believe you lasted that long on the dreadmill.
Haha? Kudos for making it as far as you did!
This is hilarious. I would have lasted about a mile before quitting.
Too funny, I did my Goofy training on the treadmill too, it's good to get heat acclimated, but agreed, it's tough! Congrats on making it that far, this post was too funny!
I totally missed this the other day! Hilarious. If it had been me I probably would have given up at minute 6.
Oh wow--- that's a great recap because on the treadmill, every minute does seem soooo long! Congrats on getting it done!
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