Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Step ouch step ouch...

I had myself a little recovery run today on the treadmill. I set the hamsters to a 9min/mi pace and trotted it out. It was an easy pace with the exception that the blisters just south of the ball of my left foot hurt every step.

There were 6 big screen TVs in view from where I was running and none of them were playing the Tour. It was all failed oil spill clean up news or the George-Steinbrenner-Is-Dead Show featuring maybe 30 seconds of footage looped over and over again. Now that we all have DVRs who even watches this horrible programming?

People who like to suffer on treadmills apparently.

Dist: 5.0
Time: 44:49
Avg: 8:58/mi




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5 comments:

mthead said...

Surprise!
I went to my gym last week to watch a semifinal world cup game on the mill. much to my shock and dismay (considering how much I pay for the privilege) my gym did not get AB FREAKING C on the treadmill teli, and so i had to run with my head cocked sideways, watching a wall monitor. To make matters worse, I had an audio stream on the iPhone, but it was like 2 minutes behind the TV, so i had to watch the action and then wait for the audio recap...
epic stage today, hope you found a way to view it. Cadel's emotion afterwards was amazing and a reminder of why we watch.

mthead said...

Surprise!
I went to my gym last week to watch a semifinal world cup game on the mill. much to my shock and dismay (considering how much I pay for the privilege) my gym did not get AB FREAKING C on the treadmill teli, and so i had to run with my head cocked sideways, watching a wall monitor. To make matters worse, I had an audio stream on the iPhone, but it was like 2 minutes behind the TV, so i had to watch the action and then wait for the audio recap...
epic stage today, hope you found a way to view it. Cadel's emotion afterwards was amazing and a reminder of why we watch.

nrmrvrk said...

I thought you went to the gym in your building. :) They were playing the TdF and world cup in the other cardio / stretching room where there are no treadmills. I record the early coverage every day and watch it after the kids go to bed. I thought Cuddles had just cracked. I didn't know that he broke his elbow. Bravo for pushing so hard.

Melissa said...

I hope your feet feel better soon. Poor thing! :)

nrmrvrk said...

I opened up two of the blisters last night and my run was less painful today at lunch. Thanks!

They put the TDF stage on one of the TVs in the treadmill room today too. I didn't realize how many commercials they show during the coverage. I miss my DVR 30 second skip button.