I finally made myself run on my TM. It helped that I got surround sound installed in my "home gym"(aka a treadmill in a room)for Christmas.
I laugh every time I go into that room. The last time the TM when my father in law went flying off the back making a hole in the wall behind. Since he was okay, we can laugh about it. I'll keep the hole there for a while for it's mood boosting ability:) My goal is not make it any larger by falling off at high speeds as Ogden training is around the corner. Today's last 90 sec at 5:00 min/mi threatened the size of the hole behind me. 8 miles with 4 easy and 4 at 6:57 AP. Felt fine considering I've only cross trained for the past week. My goal is to feel comfortable training with faster AP for all runs this training season. Looking back I realize most of my runs are at an easy pace of ~8:00, causing me to wonder if they are "base miles" or "junk miles." During training season, I constantly feel like I am balancing a fine line between challenging a PR or an injury. That being said, I know there is a difference between an overuse injury and a stupid running injury, with the later coming from pushing too fast without an adequate buildup/base. I get both but generally the "stupid" injury. The cure to that one is consistency I think. Too much consistency can cause the first, overuse. A balancing act for sure.
For me, I feel like every run needs a purpose, even every mile. Can I get the basic same benefit from cooling down with less impact? I think so. Sometimes I loose this vision in the last 1-2 mile cool down when the same purpose can easily be done on the elliptical. What do you think? After run did hip and ab exercises for 30 mins with ankle weights.
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