Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Day 68 (11/15): 4 miles / 38:08

With a lot of miles to put in this week (7 on Sunday, 4 today, 6 tomorrow, 4 Thursday, 4 Saturday and 8 Sunday), I decided, once again, to mix it up.  First of all, I did the one thing I never do, I picked a speed and stuck with it for the entire run.  I set the treadmill at 6.3 mph - I wanted to go a little easy on my legs to make sure I could get through every day this week.  Second, I didn't want to be so focused on the distance.  I decided I would only look at the distance at the end of every third song on my ipod.  It was difficult at first and, I have to admit, I looked down at .12 miles.  But, after that, I managed to stick to my goal and didn't look again until 1.1 miles, 2.35 miles and 3.4 miles.  One more song got me to 3.7 miles and I checked the distance about every minute after that just so I was sure to stop and get an accurate time at the 4 mile mark.  All in all, I would say it was a success. 

There was only one issue... the songs on my ipod have never before seemed so long!

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