Woke up and checked the outside temperature, which is 20 degrees. I don't have gear for those temperatures, so I grudgingly hit the hotel fitness center treadmill this morning. Suffered through 45 minutes of local news on the TV in the fitness center, such as listening to every GOP presidential candidate comment on how wrongheaded and destructive the President's comments were on events in the Middle East in the last two days. I have no idea what the President actually said, or what the events were that he was responding to, or even what country or countries they were talking about, because apparently that is not newsworthy. But I got to hear all of what Newt Gingrich thinks about Obama's handling of whatever situation it was that he handled. And I got to hear 15 minutes of coverage of the backstage preparations for the Academy Awards. And that's a big part of why I hate treadmills.
But with the encouragement of Newt, Mitt, Billy Crystal, and big-haired local newspeople I sweated out five indoor miles in 45 minutes, including pushing myself through five half-mile "hard" intervals at about a 7:40/mile pace.
I was invited to go showshoeing tomorrow, which I have never done, in Rocky Mountain National Park, where I have never been. Also, I learned from the local news this morning that tomorrow is supposed to be a really nice day. It sounds awesome. So I will keep my run very easy and short tomorrow to save energy for that. I am being picked up at 6:45am, so I will need to get up way too darn early even to get in a short run. But I guess it's good preparation for the time zone I'll be moving to next week.
1. Congrats on the 7:40 pace on a treadmill--why does it feel like a 4:02 pace? Oh teah, Newt!
ReplyDelete2. A "run" counts double in snowshoes. Sounds like a beautiful day in store & easier on the knees. Have fun!