Today's workout was great! (Week 2, Day 3)

I was surprisingly excited on my drive from work to my apt gym.  I was early and figured that it should be pretty easy to get a machine.  Uh, wrong.  The place was packed at 5:15!!!  Craziness.  There was an elliptical open so I got that while I stared at the three people on the three treadmills.  11min 43 seconds later, finally one opened up.  A good one.

The elliptical was a good warmup though.  Even though I wasn't happy about having to wait, it was great to get me going.

So I said that the treadmill that opened up was a good one.  What was so special about it?  It's in a corner of the gym where I don't have to stare at people, or be stared at.  That was great.  Additionally the tv was broken.  To some that might make the treadmill into being the Bad one.  How can I possibly do my workout if the tv won't turn on and I can't watch HGTV or whatever.. LOL.  Okay that's not fair, I'm sure plenty of people enjoy the tvs and workout perfectly well with them.  I on the other hand get distracted.  I can't concentrate on my music and I can't focus on the run.

Another good thing about today is that I wore good clothing.  Nothing that was going to slip down, tug up, pull up, etc.  It is so fricking frustrating to have my pants slipping down, showing things that I don't want others to see, having to pull them up, and this breaks my concentration and the run feels longer and tougher.

I didn't have these problems today.  It was fabulous.  I had a peaceful corner away from others and got to enjoy the run.  Today's run schedule was as follows :  5 min warmup, 1.5 min run alternating with 2 min walk until the 5 min cool down.

I did add to it by the 11 min warm up on the elliptical, an additional 5 at the beginning of warmup, and an additional amount at the end of the cool down.

I managed to make it though all the 1.5 min runs without slowing down or even getting too out of breath.  I sped up the runs each time.  Starting with 5.0 and ending at the highest of 5.8.  I also kept the treadmill at an incline of 1.0 to "supposedly" make it feel like you're actually running outside.

At the end I did some stretching to hopefully avoid future injuries.  I went to my car and headed home.  I walked the dog while drinking my organic valley 1% chocolate milk.  It was really satisfying after my run.

As I was a bit behind schedule, I will probably run again tomorrow.  My plan is run tomorrow, Pilates Reformer class Thursday, and run again Friday.  Sat & Sunday off, and back to it on Monday or Tuesday next week.  (I might hit a zumba class w/ my cousin on Monday).  <-  If I go I'll report back, the instructor is hilarious!