Uncovered the story behind the zombie plague - and Patient Zero
37:36 minutes - 2 miles
I have been having a lot of trouble getting up early enough to go out and run. The smoke from all the fires this summer has been making me feel icky and making my nose bleed. So I decided to join a gym, so I could run indoors on a treadmill at any time during the day.
I've actually been to the gym twice, last Friday and Monday, doing about half an hour on the treadmill each time, along with some weights on Friday. So I've only really missed two runs.
Today, I ran a Zombies, Run! mission while I treadmilled. I used the interval program, set for 35 minutes (with a five-minute cooldown). I had to stop and re-start the mission after a couple of minutes because I forgot that I wasn't running outdoors and couldn't use the GPS to track my distance. They have a setting to use step count x average stride but I didn't know what to put for my stride offhand, so I just turned tracking off. The treadmill said I covered a little over two miles. I know these things are not totally accurate but it seemed about right.
The interval program sets interval length based on how long your session is. At 35 minutes, I was doing about 2 minute intervals. I set it to do a 1% incline and 3.7 MPH for the running intervals and 0% incline at 3.1 MPH for the walking intervals. I think that's about a 17.6 min/mile? Not fast but not far off from my usual midweek pace.
After my run, I did a short full-body workout. I feel pretty good now. I plan to do weights three times a week along with a 30–45 minute session on the treadmill. I have one session a week with a personal trainer scheduled, starting next Monday.
Haven't yet decided what to do about long runs, if anything. Maybe just wait till the weather cools down. Or, if I go to the gym Monday-Wednesday-Friday, I could still do a long run at the park on Saturday, as long as I don't do a long session on the treadmill on Friday.
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