Yay for me!!

Ha ha!

I worked out today! And it was a really good one!

I had to do it all indoors because it was a really stormy day. It rained and was windy all day and I knew I did not want to venture out, especially since I have been ill.

So I actually thanked my lucky stars that I had my stationary bike and treadmill. Who would've thought that? ;)

I started on the bike. I figured I could crank out a speedy 30 minutes and then my legs would be nice and ready for a treadmill run. It worked like a charm! I busted out almost 8.5 miles in that half-hour. I was nice and warmed up (and really sweaty) for the run. I decided to start with a slow mile and see how I felt, since the treadmill usually zaps my energy quickly and leaves me disappointed with my runs.

The first mile went well. I stopped to write my time town on a piece of paper (didn't use ol' Garmin tonight; just a stopwatch). I drank some Gatorade and figured I'd go on. I upped the pace a bit for mile 2. Stopped again, wrote down the time, got back on and ran some more. It felt really great, despite the fact it was a treadmill run. I think not running for six days really made me antsy to start again. I again upped the pace for another 1/2 mile. In all, it was a wonderful workout tonight. No aches, pains, or anything.

I will try for an outdoor run tomorrow if it's not still storming outside.

Tonight's stats:

Bike:
Time: 30 minutes
Distance: 8.44 miles
Pace: 3.33 mile/minute

Running:
Distance: 2.5 miles
Time: 30:44
Pace: 12:17 mile/minute

Splits:
Mile 1: 12:56
Mile 2: 12:02
.5 miles: 5:46 (11:32 pace)

Total time on treadmill: 40 minutes (3 miles even, including cool-down)

Total exercise time today: 1 hour, 10 minutes