Treadmill workouts

Today wasn’t actually an exercise day, but I was 4 minutes short of completing my exercise ring, it snowed last night (grr) so a quick walk around the block in a soft, slushy mess, was unappealing.

And so, treadmill!

I watched two videos, one on how movies today feature adults acting like children because they’re written by adults acting like children, and another on how Google is going crazy with ads on YouTube (which was kind of meta). Although both videos were more or less downers, they were informative and entertaining. But I’m too lazy to link them, sorry.

As for the workout, it was half an hour-ish and 3 km in length. It was fine.

Stats:

Speed: 6.5
Incline: 0

Pace: 9:21/km
Time: 28:18
Distance: 3.02 km
Calories burned: 236
BPM: 119

I hemmed and hawed (as grandpa used to say) over what to do for a run today. It was pouring steadily through the morning and I really didn’t want to go out and get drenched even before starting the run part. I successfully put things off until early afternoon. At that point I still had time for a full run, but a shorter one seemed more feasible. It had also stopped raining and the odds of rain were lower. And it was relatively mild–8C.

But I still didn’t want to go out.

So I went on the treadmill instead, doing a 6 km workout, which came to just under one hour. I got absorbed in various videos, so in the end I didn’t mind too much.

I’ll likely be delayed heading out on Wednesday again due to a smoke alarm test, but am tentatively planning to do a full regular run. We will see!

Stats:

Speed: 6.5
Incline: 0

Pace: 9:12/km
Time: 55.36
Distance: 6.04 km
Calories burned: 365
BPM: 114

Today it rained a lot. I went on the treadmill and sweated it out to avoid it.

I even felt spicy enough to raise the speed back up to 6.5. Go me. At a speed of 6.5, to be exact.

Stats:

Speed: 6.3-6.5
Incline: 0

Pace: 9.20/km
Time: 40:30
Distance: 4.33 km
Calories burned: 278
BPM: 112

Sorry, couldn’t help myself. The snow is actually mostly gone now, thanks to rain and plenty of it!

As for the workout, a half hour tonight to finish up my activity goals, which I did. Hooray for me!

I did start to lose gas in the final km, possibly because I got a Super Lousy™ sleep last night. Or maybe it was something else. I’m not a sleepologist. Curiously, my pace was exactly the same as my previous workout. How do I manage these sorts of weird coincidences? I don’t know. I’m not a coincidencologist.

Stats:

Speed: 6.3
Incline: 0

Pace: 9.24/km
Time: 30:05
Distance: 3.20 km
Calories burned: 180
BPM: 117

I ate not one, but two Nanaimo bars today, so even though it was mid-evening, I stepped on the treadmill to burn off at least some of the calories I’d taken in.

I also did a walk around Hume Park and part of the river trail earlier for around 40 minutes to survey how much snow is left (sadly, lots).

I kept a speed of 6.3 once again and my overall pace lags a bit because on the fourth km I slowed down a lot for some reason. I think I picked a bad video to watch and it knocked me out of my zone. Note for the future: no tutorials during a workout!

Curiously, I covered the exact same distance as the last workout. This is strange, because I had no intent in doing this. It’s downright creepy! Well, a little. I was slower tonight, yet burned more calories. Bodies are weird.

Stats:

Speed: 6.3
Incline: 0

Pace: 9.24/km
Time: 53:04
Distance: 5.64 km
Calories burned: 419
BPM: 123

I decided around noon to get my exercise and move goals out of the way, in part to get them out of my mind, and also to avoid getting my body all worked up by doing a workout just before bed and getting another poopy sleep score from my Garmin Forerunner 255 (43/100 last night, boo).

I ended up doing a little over 50 minutes at a speed of 6.3 again. I started out really fast, slowed a bit, but kept up a steady pace. It went well. I then ate a Nanaimo bar. Actually I ate it beforehand, but kind of the same thing, really.

Still really hoping this stupid snow will melt, so I can run outside again.

Speed: 6.3
Incline: 0

Pace: 9.17/km
Time: 52:24
Distance: 5.64 km
Calories burned: 363
BPM: 112

Yes, I just plain forgot to record this workout from last night. Maybe I worked it right out of my brain. Fortunately, the Workout app remembers.

I used a speed of 6.3 and kept going until I hit both Exercise and Speed goals, watching inspirational and/or silly videos. I got kind of wrapped up in them.

Fortunately, I still remembered not to touch the handgrips, thus avoiding getting zapped repeatedly.

Stats:

Speed: 6.3
Incline: 0

Pace: 9.29/km
Time: 35:58
Distance: 3.79 km
Calories burned: 245
BPM: 113

I did a 30-minute workout today and bumped the speed back up to 6.5, leaving the incline at 0. I had to put in a wee bit more effort, but that was good. Even better, I made sure not to touch the metal on the handgrips, so I did the entire workout without getting zapped. Woo. Upping the speed resulted in an average pace that was a whopping 43 seconds faster (from 9:49/km to 9:06/km). Despite that, I actually only burned 23 more calories. But 23 very intense calories.

Stats:

Speed: 6.5
Incline: 0

Pace: 9.06/km
Time: 30:31
Distance: 3.35 km
Calories burned: 194
BPM: 119

The filter in our humidifier is not working optimally, so the humidity has been lower than we’d like (we’re replacing the filter soon). What this means is that the place is generally drier than it would normally be, and since it’s been quite cold and dry outside…twice, while on the treadmill for today’s workout, I got a nice static shock. Except not really nice.

The workout was the same speed/incline as yesterday, but only 30 minutes long (I walked to the store earlier in the day, so had less ground to make up). Somehow I managed to walk slower. How is that even possible? Science!

Stats:

Speed: 6
Incline: 0

Pace: 9:49/km
Time: 30:06
Distance: 3.06 km
Calories burned: 171
BPM: 101

Also, I ate a bag of kettle chips and felt guilty enough that going on the treadmill was inevitable.

I even tried something different–actual running! For one km, at least. I set the speed to 9 (pace of 6:40/km, which is well below my normal running pace) and the incline to 1 (to simulate wind resistance) and my shins almost immediately began to hurt. Was it the speed? The incline? Both? The phase of the moon? I bumped the speed up to 9.5 at one point, bringing it closer to my regular running pace, but it still felt uncomfortable, so then I walked with the speed set to 6.5 or 6.6 for the rest. Overall, a weird and not particularly pleasant experience.

I’m just going to have to get used to running in the rain again. Though today was not actually a run day.

Stats:

Speed: 6.5, 6.6, 9, 9.1, 9.5
Incline: 1

Pace: 8:33/km
Time: 30:10
Distance: 3.52 km
Calories burned: 224
BPM: 126

Atmospheric rivers, of course.

I really wanted to get out and go for a walk, but the entire day was an extended torrential downpour, the kind that gets through everything and you end up soaked no matter what.

So I stayed inside and hit the treadmill mid-evening to complete my activity rings. Even though it wasn’t exactly a day bursting with activity, I still felt kind of tired and after trying a speed of 6.5 for a bit, set it back to 6. It was a very blah way to end the weekend, but I did sweat a little!

Stats:

Speed: 6.0
Incline: 1

Pace: 9:35/km
Time: 32:22
Distance: 3.37 km
Calories burned: 223
BPM: 105