I've always enjoyed walking/running on treadmills. When my family joined a gym when I was in high school, the treadmill was my favorite. The bad part was that you could only stay on it for 20 minutes at a time or else you'd have someone breathing down your neck until you got off. Then when I moved into my first apartment they had a little gym with some treadmills. It was such a relaxing thing. I could go by myself or with my man and just stay on that treadmill until I got tired. Now, I've never been a runner, but I've always wanted to be. So.....
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That's right. At home treadmill! I pretty much had to beg Jim to buy it. We're really trying to cut back on our spending and a $600 treadmill isn't really a small purchase. He finally agreed when I promised to use it everyday and to stay strictly to our budget for a while. I squeeeeed with joy when I showed up at the house. I personally put it together. I can watch whatever I want on TV, listen to music on it; it's great. I've been on it almost every day since it came in the beginning of January. Here's a little proof.
Then I get an email from my sister, Kara. She asks if I need outside motivation to exercise. A 5K run/walk (but I only think of it as a run). She's running in it, do I want to run with her? What it boils down to is that it's a goal. I haven't had a concrete goal in a while. I've never run in any race. I think the last time I was entered in a race was in elementary school and I stayed home from school that day because I was "sick."
I said, "Yes, I will run with you."
Baby steps for me. I'm three training runs in and I'm pretty positive I can accomplish this goal. Who knows what I could get done after this.
Much Run/Walking
