My Wednesday treadmill workout again today...I'm getting better and better at it! I might change it up soon, but this week, I wanted to do thinks a lot like I did the last week before the 5k run on Saturday. 1 mile jog up (literally!) to the gym. Hopped on the treadmill, chose a 25 minute podcast to listen to on my iPod, and started my 3 miles at 8:00 pace. I tend to stare at the distance screen on the treadmill, which is not very good for my morale, so since the podcast I was listening to was an interview, I tried to only look at the distance display when the interviewers asked a question. When I got to 2.5 miles, I sped up to 7:47 pace for a quarter mile and 7:30 for the last quarter mile. Then I slowed down to between 8:45 and 9:45 for 3 miles of cooling down on the treadmill while I listened to another podcast and caught some of Dr. Oz on Oprah. I was extremely irritated by the headphones not staying in my ears. I need the other kind that don't go in your ears because they just don't stay put once my ears start sweating. Actually, I'm not sure if ears really sweat or if it's just other sweat that runs in there or what. Whatever, it's gross! Ran back to the house for a total of 8 miles. On my way home, someone shouted out "Rebecca!" and I waved...then they said, "Get back here!" and I looked around and saw a little girl running across the yard...and felt a little silly for waving. | 