Exercise

An early afternoon workout while the weather continues to flit between sun/cloud/showers and unseasonably cool temperatures. Plus the treadmill is just so darn convenient.

Today’s workout was a wee bit different in that I tweaked the speed slightly around the 3K mark, going from the usual 6.5 to 6.7. The reason for this is I feel I’m hitting about the max I can with the current settings, so the only way to improve is to either increase the incline or the speed. I’ve opted for speed for now, as I have some wiggle room before the tread starts moving fast enough to go from walking to jogging.

As for the workout, it was zippy and some stats that were going high, like BPM, have returned to normal. I am pleased by the results.

Stats (the results):

Speed: 6.5-6.7
Incline: 5

Pace: 8:46/km (8:54/km)
Time: 44:04 (44:53)
Distance: 5.03 km (5.04 km)
Calories burned: 328 (379)
BPM: 119 (124)

I declared yesterday to be a cheat day for food and so was a wee bit surprised when I weighed myself this morning, and I was down a whopping 2.5 pounds. I thought cheaters never win!

This may have contributed to me cheating a bit on food again today. Even though I met my exercise goal and exceeded it by walking to and fro, I still felt guilty about the extra bit of snacking, especially after the big weight drop, which is just the sort of thing I’m going for. And so around 8:15 p.m. tonight I got on the treadmill and did a good 5K workout. Overall pace was done a smidgen, but still comfortably below 9:00/km and BPM was higher than recent averages, but at 124 was not too far off from the going norm. Overall, then, I am satisfied.

Stats:

First, a funny thing about stats. I had been using a Reusable Block in WordPress for the stats, but hadn’t noticed I was mindlessly overwriting them each time, which means that a whole pile of these treadmill stats have been wiped out and replaced by the stats from my previous workout.

So I won’t do that going forward. Oopsie.

Speed: 6.5
Incline: 5

Pace: 8:54/km (8:51/km)
Time: 44:53 (48:43)
Distance: 5.04 km (5.50 km)
Calories burned: 379 (478)
BPM: 124 (130)

Alas, I set no records today. But I did try the workout with two fans blasting me instead of one, and that worked fairly well.

The two oddities about this workout were the calorie burn was a fair bit higher, and the BPM was also quite a bit higher (though not alarmingly higher) at 130. I have no explanation for this, and it could just be a glitchy reading from the watch. We’ll see if it does something similar the next time. I suspect the higher heart rate may be what caused the higher calorie burn. The reality is that my pace was very close to yesterday’s, so who knows what’s going on. I don’t!

Stats:

Speed: 6.5
Incline: 5

Pace: 8:51/km (8:49/km)
Time: 48:43 (47:05)
Distance: 5.50 km (5.34 km)
Calories burned: 478 (335)
BPM: 130 (120)

I was even faster today, which I find odd, but delightful. I watched some videos again, but in a change of pace, watched a rather long (30+ minute) video from Snazzy Labs doing a battery and screen replacement on an iPhone mini 12. I don’t know if that had any effect on my pace, but wanted to mention it. Also, Quinn Nelson is very polite when on a call to support.

Looking over the splits, I see that my pace was remarkably consistent–there was no mid-point sag, and the slowest and fastest times were only separated by three seconds. We’ll see if I can consistently stay consistent.

Stats:

Speed: 6.5
Incline: 5

Pace: 8:51/km (8:49/km)
Time: 48:43 (47:05)
Distance: 5.50 km (5.34 km)
Calories burned: 478 (335)
BPM: 130 (120)

I made a rhyme!

I stayed on a wee bit longer today in order to finish watching a Let’s Game It Out video. This stuff is important.

Stat-wise, very similar to yesterday’s workout, so I am again pleased with result.

Stats:

Speed: 6.5
Incline: 5

Pace: 8:51/km (8:49/km)
Time: 48:43 (47:05)
Distance: 5.50 km (5.34 km)
Calories burned: 478 (335)
BPM: 130 (120)

For reasons I can’t really explain, I was quite swift today. My first km was 8:42/km, which is kind of zany. And despite being so fast, my BPM barely increased. This is good. I am pleased. I slowed a bit through the second and third km, then picked up again for the fourth and fifth, with an overall pace of 8:54/km.

It’s weird, but I like it. Maybe I’m actually getting in better shape?

Stats:

Speed: 6.5
Incline: 5

Pace: 8:51/km (8:49/km)
Time: 48:43 (47:05)
Distance: 5.50 km (5.34 km)
Calories burned: 478 (335)
BPM: 130 (120)

The last time I went to do a workout on the treadmill, I didn’t. These things happen sometimes. But I noticed a message on the display saying it was time to lubricate the thing.

I checked the manual, which had instructions but no pictures and was kind of vague. I then searched YouTube and found a much clearer video of the process, plus the guy doing it was wearing super-bright orange running shoes.

After a couple of blah days, it was time to start sweatin’ to the videos again, so I queued up my Watch Later list and watched it right now, like the rebel I am.

Overall, I did better than expected, nearly matching my previous pace.

Stats:

Speed: 6.5
Incline: 5

Pace: 8:51/km (8:49/km)
Time: 48:43 (47:05)
Distance: 5.50 km (5.34 km)
Calories burned: 478 (335)
BPM: 130 (120)

Not much to say about today’s workout. After feeling a combined blah and weird/tense all morning, I was not feeling especially motivated for the workout, but I got on the treadmill, put on some videos and…did pretty good, matching yesterday’s pace and BPM. In fact, it was almost eerily similar. I blame the multiverse.

Stats:

Speed: 6.5
Incline: 5

Pace: 8:51/km (8:49/km)
Time: 48:43 (47:05)
Distance: 5.50 km (5.34 km)
Calories burned: 478 (335)
BPM: 130 (120)

I did today’s workout in the morning, so earlier than usual, and had a strange amount of pep. I have been doing a lot of walking and running and stuff lately. I find that the exercise is helpful to distract from the noisy neighbors, though I’d prefer if the neighbors just don’t make noise.

At one point (after bumping my foot at the top of the treadmill a few times) I thought of upping the speed, but opted against it. Maybe sometime soon, though I’ll probably be doing more outdoor runs, where it’s much easier to control the speed without flying off something.

Bonus: BPM was down despite a much faster pace. I like.

Stats:

Speed: 6.5
Incline: 5

Pace: 8:51/km (8:49/km)
Time: 48:43 (47:05)
Distance: 5.50 km (5.34 km)
Calories burned: 478 (335)
BPM: 130 (120)

Right at the start of the workout, I heard a loud thump or crash above my head, the latest in an ongoing series of thumps, bangs and footsteps running around in the unit above. I chose to continue with the workout rather than investigate, and the remainder was quiet, leaving me to sweat and watch YouTube videos in relative peace.

The workout was fine, with no issues. Pace was a bit slower than yesterday, probably due to the distraction. That’s about it.

Stats:

Speed: 6.5
Incline: 5

Pace: 8:51/km (8:49/km)
Time: 48:43 (47:05)
Distance: 5.50 km (5.34 km)
Calories burned: 478 (335)
BPM: 130 (120)

Today was the first time I felt like I wasn’t shaking off the effects of being sick (really hoping for no “long covid”) and felt like just a good, solid workout.

I watched videos, was alternately amused and informed, and am now sweaty and satisfied (innuendo here).

Stats:

Speed: 6.5
Incline: 5

Pace: 8:51/km (8:49/km)
Time: 48:43 (47:05)
Distance: 5.50 km (5.34 km)
Calories burned: 478 (335)
BPM: 130 (120)