Hamster on a Wheel

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3 worst things about running on a treadmill at the gym:

1. Feeling like a caged hamster running on a wheel.

2. Having to smell gross old-man cologne for the entire length of your workout because you can’t run past the guy next to you… because you’re a hamster on a wheel.

3. Not being able to escape getting hit on by weird guys because they know you can’t move away from them…. because you’re a hamster on a wheel.

1 redeeming aspect of running on a treadmill at the gym:

1. Decreased swamp-ass/ lowered risk of heat stroke. 

That is all…

April 10th: Repetitive Routes

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So, for lack of time and for the sake of safety, I usually either bike or run the same 3 mile loop in my vicinity.  When I bike, of course, I end up doing the loop multiple times just to get more mileage in and try to go into different neighborhoods or down different streets to increase the mileage.

Today, I attempted to do just that… I went further down a major artery that intersects near my neighborhood and thought that this would be a good way to increase my mileage and be able to go faster for longer.  WRONG!  I ended up having to wait for cars to pass and 3 intersections and totally miscalculated the amount of traffic at the time I went out.

I’ve got to start planning a ride on my Saturday morning route by the ocean…  Perhaps Easter weekend!!