15 barefoot minutes on the treadmill this morning. Skipped yesterday and I could feel it. And/but dove back into the run this morning… and could feel that too. There’s no winning this race.
Treadmill says I burned 218 calories.
1.27 miles; pace was 5.08 mi/hr.
15 minutes on that treadmill, barefoot. About what I’ve come to expect from myself lately. A little stiff at first but things pretty quickly fall into place. (Maybe I’m not stretching correctly?)
Treadmill says I burned 221 calories.
1.34 miles; pace was 5.36 mi/hr.
Took the wife climbing for the first time. She enjoyed it. But mostly we bouldered. Belaying: it’s harder than it looks.
15 minutes on that treadmill. Eventually got myself into a halfway decent groove. But this was one of those mornings where I sigh and power through. I really don’t like running.
Treadmill says I burned 232 calories.
1.36 miles; pace was 5.44 mi/hr.
15 (barefoot) minutes running (on the treadmill). (Not to minimize the effort or anything.) And that makes five consecutive days of vigorous exercise this week. I’m not sure that I ever did that before. All slow and steady; but that was the point.
Treadmill says I burned 216 calories.
1.25 miles; pace was 5.00 mi/hr.
Climbing. For the third week in a row. There for about an hour and a half. So not bad. Mostly 5.8 and 5.9 routes; a couple 5.10s. Felt like I was on a roll early in the evening, too. Starting to get back into the swing of it.
15 sweaty, barefoot minutes on the treadmill this morning. Pushed it hard. Broke a pretty legitimate sweat. Still didn’t make a new personal best.
Treadmill says I burned 247 calories.
1.45 miles; pace was 5.80 mi/hr.
15 (what else?) barefoot minutes on (where else?) that treadmill. Somehow this one was… invigorating. I wish I could capture the formula that made this particular run so good. It was also (somehow) meditative. Not that I became enlightened upon any new or profound subjects. Mostly just that I am a stubborn S.O.B.
Treadmill says I burned 235 calories.
1.38 miles; pace was 5.52 mi/hr. (Pretty good, but no personal records there.)
15 barefoot minutes on that treadmill. Barebones; stare straight ahead and run.
Treadmill says I burned 222 calories. (I need three more like this to work off half an ice cream sundae?)
1.29 miles; pace was 5.16 mi/hr.
An hour and a half at the climbing gym. Still feel out of focus there. But it’s the first “two weeks in a row” since January. How messed up is that?
15 barefoot minutes; damn but that treadmill is seeing a lot of use lately. Still haven’t updated that iPod; but a good run this morning nonetheless.
Treadmill says I burned 234 calories.
1.37 miles; pace was 5.48 mi/hr.
15 minutes on the treadmill; barefoot, as usual. I am reminded that I should probably sync that iPod and exchange off some of those songs. But… 2 days in a row isn’t too bad.
Treadmill says I burned 233 calories.
1.37 miles; pace was 5.48 mi/hr.
15 barefoot minutes on that stupid treadmill. Part of me wants to just get it over with, put on shoes, and run outside; but the other part of me reminds me that it’s still a bit chilly out there. (And I’m ill-equipped for that. And I’m suspicious of those shoes.)
Treadmill says I burned 218 calories.
1.27 miles; pace was 5.08 mi/hr.
15 minutes; barefoot; on the treadmill. Did that live “Everything Everything” on the stereo again this morning. Still feeling down on running lately; but still cutting through that to make it happen.
Treadmill says I burned 227 calories.
1.33 miles; pace was 5.32 mi/hr.
1½ hours at the climbing gym. First time in five weeks. Feels great. Hands hurt like hell. And I totally embarrassed myself on that 5.8 at the end there. So ashamed.
15 barefoot minutes on the treadmill. A struggle to get up, a struggle to motivate myself to run. Not even that live cut of “Rez/Cowgirl” seemed to help.
Treadmill says I burned 234 calories.
1.37 miles; pace was 5.48 mi/hr.
15 barefoot minutes on the treadmill. The rip of Underworld’s live “Everything Everything” on the stereo. Head down and run.
Treadmill says I burned 236 calories.
1.39 miles; pace was 5.56 mi/hr.
15 barefoot minutes on the treadmill. I felt guilty because I was supposed to go climbing last night but a series of errors caused that plan to fall apart. (Ain’t going to get that far up the wall in ski boots, you know…) But that Morgan Page remix of “Little White Shadows” came on the stereo first thing.
Treadmill says I burned 240 calories.
1.41 miles; pace was 5.64 mi/hr.
