Treadmill woes.

The treadmill is boring. That's right, I said it. BORING!

Is it always boring? Today was the first time I'd ever run on a treadmill for more than the five minutes it took to test out some running shoes. I'm pretty sure I chose the wrong treadmill in the gym because I took one that faced a wall--and it was just a boring, white wall, not even an interesting wall. Anyway, I'm pretty sure staring at a wall made me motion sick so next time I'm going to choose one where I can stare out a window or at the television or something. I was listening to a podcast and thought that would keep me distracted enough but it did not. I ran for 30 minutes and then gave up and did the elliptical for awhile (that's probably good since I was trying to take it easy on the running this week... in fact, I totally cheated on my vow to "take it easy," now didn't I? My legs were itching to run! I can't help it!)

My lack of interesting things to look at led me to create a super fun treadmill game... I started out at a nice, normal speed. Soon, I got bored and decided to see what happened when I went to a higher speed. After awhile that got boring too so I slowed down. Then I wondered what would happen if I went to a MUCH higher speed--and so on and so forth. There was a lot of sprinting involved. Yeah, I'm bad at resting. But at least I amused myself!

The gym owner came over to chat as I finished up and commented that I work out hard. Ha. Is that a compliment? I wasn't sure.

I shall now continue to perpetuate the single girl stereotype by sitting on my couch in my pajamas and watching reruns of "What Not to Wear." My life is so difficult, I tell ya... ;-)