Saturday, September 24, 2011

Day 37 (9/23): 5 miles / 49:15

The best treadmill run to date...

There's no question that taking care of the incline issue has drastically improved my outlook on treadmill running, but I didn't anticipate feeling good enough to add an extra mile to my planned 4 mile run.  However, in order to mix it up a little and not be so focused on the time or the number of miles remaining, I decided instead to focus on how many songs I had left to listen to before I was done.  I estimated that it would take me 13 songs to finish 4 miles, so, as each song played, I was able to track my progress without tying it to a specific distance.  As it turns out, it only takes me 11 songs to finish 4 miles and, since I'd had it in my head that I would be listening to 13, I still had 2 to go and decided to follow through on my original goal.  Apparently song 12 was a long one because I managed to finish those 5 miles just after the end of the 13th song.  For some reason, coming up with a different way to measure my progress and focusing on my music, it made those 5 miles so much easier to get through.  It felt great! 

As a side note, when I originally looked up the information for the Cleveland Marathon, I was reading the FAQs and one of them indicated that it was now acceptable to wear headphones during the race.  I originally thought I had no interest in that, but now that I've gotten used to music while I run, I'm starting to think that may not be such a bad idea.

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