“In my opinion nothing beats a treadmill workout when you don’t want to run outside. A good movie, some water, and a little ventilation are all you need.”

My lovely niece, Jackie O’Rourke, gave me a book as a present at the O’Rourke Christmas party on Saturday. It is called “The Gigantic Book of Running Quotations.” It contains over 3,000 quotations about training and running and racing and other things associated with the sport of distance running. So I should never run out of quotations to make my blog more meaningful and interesting. The above quote is the first I have selected to accompany my post on a very successful treadmill run.

Monday, New Year’s Eve

After a discouraging run on Sunday afternoon at the cinder track that was plagued by a constan, sharp pain in my right foot, I had a very positive, pain-free workout on the treadmill at the club this afternoon. The treadmill has never been my favorite workout mode. But I have recently hooked my ear plugs up to the muted TV set and I seem to enjoy it much more. Here is the breakdown of today’s 70 minute effort .

– Walk for 10 minutes
– Jog for 20 minutes slowly
– Start workout of 10 times 3:00 accelerations at 10:00 per mile pace with 1:00 recovery.
– Total of 70 minutes in motion, longest tredmill workout ever

This seemed like one of the best aerobic workouts I have had in quite some time. I am very pleased

Stats –

Sleep = 11 hours
Weight = #153
Morning heart weight = 54 beats per minute
Not such great diet at holiday party = 6
Morning foot discomfort at 3 to 5 level