Running outside - oh what fun November 21, 2007
Posted by balbert General Cardio, Run
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Running outside is such great fun… Today on the road for the holiday and committed to the program, I went out for my regular 2.5 run according to the plan. I haven’t run outside in some time and it was hard. This is not your father’s treadmill…
I thought a nice run on the beach, with the nice warm temps of So Cal, the ocean air and I nice flat beach front path, etc… Well wasn’t as pleasant as i thought i might be.
It was nice out, probably upper 60’s. The beach was sunny and there was a nice cool breeze off the ocean. Then the not so nice part, the “rolling hills”. I call them this but most would probably say “what hills”. When you run on the treadmill with incline of zero anything up or down is a “hill”.
Then there was the fact I didn’t know where i was going. I mapped out a 2.5 mile route and it seemed like it would be easy to see the turn around point - the next major light. I also timed myself based on my regular pace.. about 11mins for a mile. From the beach it was a little hard to see were the light was and i kept thinking i’ haven’t run that far cuz I must be running slower. Well turns out the time was right and ended up going a little farther then I wanted. Not much, but further.
So with the walk to and from the house plus the extra bit it probably ended up doing probably over 3 miles but 2.6 running. Overall a good run and i’ll have another chance at it on Friday, but I think I might prefer the treadmill a while longer.
Workout:
- Type: Run
- Date: 11/21/2007
- Time: 16:44:54
- Distance: 2.62 miles
Comments
Hey, but how fun was it to have some alone time away from the in-laws?
Keep up the good work. You’re doing great.
Looks like a great run.
You don’t really want to go back on the treadmill do you? After the first few runs, being outside is just so much more fun - give it another couple of goes.