WARNING! Running on a treadmill can be dangerous!

This morning I woke up early to head over to the gym for a 10 mile run. I found my usual treadmill, halfway between the CNN news and Fox news TVs. It's always interesting to see two opposing views covering the news. It makes up for the boredom of running on a treadmill. Halfway through, I hear a loud THUD! Turning around, I see a man flying off the treadmill onto the floor. Turns out that the person before him left the treadmill on at a 6.7 mph speed. So when he took his first step to get on the treadmill, he fell on his face (which was the THUD!) and then the treadmill took him right off and onto the floor! A bunch of us stopped our workouts to see if he was okay. Luckily, he was alright, but his ego was definitely bruised as he quickly walked down the stairs and out of the gym!

The rest of the workout was without incident and I finished the run: Here are the numbers for the 3 runs this week thus far:

Tuesday LT run 8 miles/1:11:00/8:53/mile
Wed Recovery 4 miles/slow pace/didn't bring my garmin
Thursday 10 miles/1:33:00/9:18/mile

This morning was definitely the closest I've come to skipping a workout. My legs were feeling pretty heavy and sore from the upped mileage. This morning as I was heading out the door, I kept thinking to myself, "Why am I doing this? It's not like I'm getting paid to do this. I'm not anywhere close to winning anything for my times. I should be home sleeping in my comfortable bed." But in the end, I realized I'm doing this because I can. I have the ability to run and I'm should be thankful for that. Also, by pushing myself, setting challenging goals, and accomplishing them, I'm able to apply that to the adversity that life presents everyday. So for now, I'm still on track. But who knows, it may be soon that I'll need more inspiration to keep pushing on towards my goal to break 4:00:00.