Mechanically-enforced progression run.
Welcome to the frozen wasteland, where right now, at 11:37 am, it is 4 degrees outside. We didn't get the snow that they forecast for today, but we did get the cold. So I wimped out and stayed inside today. I got up at 4:30 like usual, but then I worked during the time I would normally run and shower. After all my kids were off to school, I came to work, and during the time that I would normally work, I ran and showered.
I set the treadmill at a 1% incline and started out at 6 mph (10:00 pace) and ran a mile at that pace. At the end of that mile and each mile thereafter, I hit the speed increase button once. So my splits were 10:00, 9:50, 9:41, 9:31, 9:23, 9:14, 9:05, 8:57, 8:49, 8:42. The treadmill won't let you go for more than 60 minutes, so I did six miles, then stopped the treadmill and restarted it and then did the rest.
It was very boring. The blinds were closed and I was too lazy to go over there and open them, so I couldn't even watch the traffic out the window. There were a couple of other people in the gym, but because of where the treadmills are positioned, they were all behind me and so I couldn't see them. I could see a little sliver of tree branches in the gap between the blinds and the window frame, and it looked like the branches were bouncing up and down as I ran. That was my visual entertainment for an hour and a half or so. I did have music for audio entertainment.
In other news, after a great big hit to my bank account, my refrigerator is working now. | 