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Another treadmill day.  My gym membership expires on Sat.  I'm trying to decide whether or not I should extend it.

I have not been for a run since last week! 

I felt good on this run until I completed 3 miles and then I dragged myself through the last 1.3.  I think it was because I was increasing my speed every five minutes for the first 25 minutes and then the last 15 minutes was a cool down.

I know I have lost a lot of running fitness since New Year's, but at least I've still been working out!  I just need to get back on track--if I play my cards right, I'll get in another run today, but I HATE THE TREADMILL!

Oops.  This is really Wed.'s entry.  I'll put today's workout on Wed.

Another treadmill run.  The treadmill I was on was making me mad.  I've never used this particular one before.  I got frustrated because the buttons were hard to push and so I started with a 24 minute run and then when that ended, put in another 20 minutes.  But then for some reason it shut off on me after 2 minutes, so I had to go again.  And then I was watching a show (which I hardly ever do while running on the treadmill) and the volume kept increasing.  I'd turn it down and then it would go back up a minute later.  It would have been funny if it wasn't so annoying!

I think I'm going to extend my gym membership for another 3 months, just so I have the storm season covered too.  I'll be able to run outside much more often, but it does tend to get stormy in April and early May.   I'm just going to try to run outside on Sat and Sun.

I felt good about this run!  The wind was BRUTAL and now that I looked up how windy it was (the weather channel says gusting from 24 to 40 mph!!) I feel even better about the run.

Since the wind was coming from the W, the only time I wasn't dealing with it was when I was going due east.  After the first mile, I ran directly into the wind for almost 1.5 miles, and the only thing that kept me going on the rest of the run was knowing that when I turned around and did the same loop backwards, nearing mile 6, I would have the wind at my back.  It didn't seem that the wind helped me as much then as it hindered me early on in the run, but it was still better than running into it.  Then in the last mile it was hitting me from the side for most of it, but my last .3 miles was directly into the wind. 

I'm sure I looked funny.  Seriously, I felt like I was exerting enough effort to be running at between 6 and 7 minute pace, but I was only going about 10 min pace.  I just wanted to finish and was proud when I did!

According to the weather channel it is 23 degrees, but feels like 7.  I dressed perfectly, although I wish I had worn a scarf because I think I have windburn.