<p>Idad, I think that’s a lot of it. And it was too warm in the gym. Plus, all my outside running is up and down hills, and I wonder if that makes running on a flat course feel harder. With the hills, I get to rest while running downhill. When it’s flat, there’s no rest. I actually like running up and down hills, but maybe that’s just because that’s what I’m used to.</p>
<p>It sounds like you have an interval workout vs a steady-state cardio workout and they are very different. When I was in my 20s, I could hit for five hours a day on the tennis courts but couldn’t run a mile around the Chestnut Hill reservoir.</p>
<p>Until you get used to it, it’s probably really hard to match the pace outdoors and indoors. I can imagine that the treadmill makes it very easy to go out like a rabbit with the pace, only to hit the wall.</p>
<p>If you aren’t used to the treadmill (which I am usually not) it can feel VERY hard. There is something disconcerting about how it keeps, um, MOVING!! Unfortunately, the best solution is to really back off the pace until you get comfortable. Otherwise you are miserable.</p>
<p>My 10 mile race is over. I was still stressed and anxious, but I did get out of the car! It started only 4 miles from the house and was on much of my “home” training course, which is very difficult. Besides the hills, there was a strong headwind much of the way, which was just lovely. I over-dressed but was happy about that, since I was comfortable more than I was too warm. My pace wasn’t very good at all, but it is, unfortunately, where I am right now. (9:42). I ran pretty well, and had a strong last 2 miles (wind at back most of those miles). I told myself through the race that I was running OK and would win one of the nice age group awards. Say WHAT??? WHERE did those 6 old ladies I’ve never heard of come from? If the preliminary results are right, I was 7th! That is really a poor showing for me, and I am surprised. It is what it is. I ran as well as I could for the day. In a race this size (not particularly huge) that is long, I rarely finish out of the money. Brings me down a peg or three! 
All my friends are in town running The Monkey Marathon. At least I did the hard 10 miler, so I’m over a third of a Monkey… Ran in Brooks Pure Connect shoes and they did well. Feet and hamstring did fine. Dunkin Donuts afterwards. Mediocre.</p>
<p>Yay, MOWC. Compared to where you were a while back, unable to run at all, a tough 10 miler, even if you didn’t win a trophy, is still a pretty good outing!</p>
<p>@blankmind
Sometimes the treadmills can be off and inaccurate on their pace. When I was doing a lot more running, I had some training that involved treadmill workouts. I discovered that the pace of the treadmills could vary from machine to machine. Perhaps your pace was actually faster than the treadmill was reporting and that was why it felt so hard.</p>
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<p>I second idad. Great job, MOfWC! You did very well even if you did not get any cheesy prizes. When your injury heals completely, those ladies will be left in the dust!</p>
<p>I’m glad to hear that you like the new shoes. I got a pair a couple of months ago and really, really like them as my treadmill shoes.</p>
<p>blankmind, FWIW, my pace on the home treadmill is usually 30 seconds to 1 min slower than my pace when I run on our flat trail. I don’t even try to run on the darn machine as fast as I run outdoors.</p>
<p>Boy I sure hope so, CJane, otherwise my turkey trot is going to be unfun.</p>
<p>Bunsen, that does make me feel better. I was feeling kind of discouraged by my inability to run 20 minutes at what I thought was a doable pace.</p>
<p>blankmind- Seriously, don’t worry about the treadmill failure. I think it feels REALLY hard and there’s no telling how the thing was calibrated.</p>
<p>Thanks, iDad and BB. At least it’s done. I was nervous about wearing the Pure Connect for that long of a race, but my feel really seem to feel better in the lighter shoes. I think it worked.</p>
<p>mowc - congrats on completing the race ! 10 miles is quite a distance to run ! good job !</p>
<p>5K walk/jog for me this afternoon. Sunny, but nearing dusk. 50 degrees with a strong wind. What’s warm enough for walking is too hot for jogging and what’s just right for jogging is too cold for walking. Oh well. I wore by Brooks Nightlift half-zip. The thing is huge on me now, but at least its flourescent yellow with reflective silver bits and it’s pretty warm.</p>
<p>I found a similar warm-ish half zip this week at Marshalls. Reebok Greg Norman, red with white accents. Really nice polyester, slightly more substantial than a tech t. But, it was close enough to dark this afternoon that I wanted the full visibiity option, even if it does hang down to my knees.</p>
<p>Slow, slow, slow. I’ve been slow ever since I kicked it up to 7 jogging intervals. That’s OK. Walking up steep hills alternating with jogging is a heck of a little interval cardio workout.</p>
<p>Done with the yucks! Nausea gone. Eating real food and okay afterwards. Planning to run/walk tomorrow.</p>
<p>I took a three-hour nap today. Got in most of my weights and some raking but forget about the weight machines. Body is tired and sore so I took one Advil (haven’t taken one of those in a few months). The body is saying that I shouldn’t be doing anything heavy today. It almost feels like the aches and pains of the flu but they are in specific parts of the body so I’m sure that it isn’t the flu. Looks like the only thing that I will be doing is a very slow stretching routine tonight. I have slow stretching routines where you have to ensure that you don’t fall asleep, and fast stretching routines and I usually prefer the fast stuff.</p>
<p>Glad to hear you are feeling better, sewhappy.</p>
<p>Barely ate for two weeks and the weight didn’t budge. This week I ate like a piggy and the weight didn’t budge. </p>
<p>That’s all OK with me.</p>
<p>Out to eat tonight. Mexican. Passed on the chips.
Had a mixed vegetable salad type thing with nopalitos (prickly pear cactus), which I love.
Ordered some grilled beef to go with it, and decided not to stress about the small amount of roasted corn that was in the dish. Can’t imagine that the cactus is very carby.</p>
<p>Wanted one cocktail (purely for medicinal purposes) – the “skinny” margarita was $14. I had them make me the house margarita with fresh lime juice, no mix, easy on the orange liqueur, and added a packet of Splenda, for half the price of the “skinny” version. Can’t imagine that skinny version was overall less caloric than that.</p>
<p>Hope I didn’t do too much damage with this outing. I ate very light earlier in the day, but in the end it is what it is.</p>
<p>Looks like there’s a third model of the Airdyne – a new cheapo home version for $399. </p>
<p>[Amazon.com:</a> Schwinn AD2 Airdyne Exercise Bike: Sports & Outdoors](<a href=“http://www.amazon.com/Schwinn-AD2-Airdyne-Exercise-Bike/dp/B0055WRZVK]Amazon.com:”>http://www.amazon.com/Schwinn-AD2-Airdyne-Exercise-Bike/dp/B0055WRZVK)</p>
<p>Same basic deal, just a lot of plastic parts - plastic fan, plastic fan cover, and so forth. $225 cheaper than the classic Airdyne. $350 cheaper than the Evo (small fan) Airdyne. Is this a great country or what? Same torture, less money!</p>
<p>I’d still probably go with the classic version. There’s just something cool about a design so ancient that it is unchanged (except for the paint color and the computer display) since before most of our kids were born (introduced in 1978).</p>
<p>From one of the reviews:
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<p>Well duh!</p>
<p>I don’t think it’s available anymore, but at one time I saw a aftermarket book stand that bolted on the classic Airdyne. That, of course, implies that anyone in their right mind would want to stay on the thing for an extended period of time. You could do that, but I prefer to get on it, go hard, get my business done, and get off.</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.amazon.com/Trek-TD-01-TrekDesk-Treadmill-Desk/dp/B002IYRBI0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1321767869&sr=8-1[/url]”>http://www.amazon.com/Trek-TD-01-TrekDesk-Treadmill-Desk/dp/B002IYRBI0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1321767869&sr=8-1</a></p>
<p>You mean you don’t have one of these?..</p>