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\"10895344_332209036986865_823329567_n\"<\/a>Last night, I ran ten miles on my treadmill.\u00a0 I got a lot of comments from people about how I was crazy and how they could never do ten miles on a treadmill.<\/p>\n

I really didn’t have another option.\u00a0 If I wanted to get the workout in, I had to do it on the treadmill.\u00a0 I was at the office during all of the daylight hours and I am certainly not running alone in the dark.\u00a0 I know people do it, but I just wouldn’t feel safe.\u00a0 Plus it’s cold out.\u00a0 Cold and dark sounds absolutely miserable.<\/p>\n

I’ve learned a couple of tricks to get me through a long treadmill workout.<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0 Cover up the screen!<\/strong><\/p>\n

I actually cover my treadmill screen on a lot of my treadmill runs.\u00a0 I just toss a towel over top so I can’t see the distance slowly ticking away.\u00a0 Because I run intervals, I cover the screen so that I can see the speed (so I don’t inadvertently bump up the speed too high or too low) and then hide the rest.\u00a0 It makes the miles go much faster when I’m not constantly checking.\u00a0 How do I know I’m done?\u00a0 Well, I have a general idea of how much time I’ve got to spend on the treadmill, so I glance at the number occasionally and when I’m in the last mile, ditch the towel so I can see the last mile tick away.<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0 Distract your brain!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Some people argue that you should focus on your workout and only your workout.<\/p>\n

That’s not going to happen for me.\u00a0 So I find something else to entertain my brain while my body works.\u00a0 I know some people like music or podcasts, and I do listen to podcasts while I’m outside running (because I can still hear all the ambient noise around me), but while I’m on my treadmill, I have the tv on.<\/p>\n

The trick that I have discovered is to make sure that I have something that I really want to watch ready to go.\u00a0 Since I watch most of my tv on Hulu Plus now that I cut the cord, sometimes that means “saving” good shows for a hard run.\u00a0 Not only does it keep me occupied, it’s incentive to get on the treadmill if I know I can watch the latest episode of Parks & Recreation while I run.<\/p>\n

When I have a really long run, sometimes I like to queue up a movie on Netflix.\u00a0 Since movies are longer than tv shows, I don’t notice the passage of time quite as much.\u00a0 And sometimes, I go back and forth.\u00a0 Nope, this movie isn’t doing it for me.\u00a0 Switch to a tv show.\u00a0 Whatever keeps me going.<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0 Brag!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Last night, I posted before and after my workout.\u00a0 That meant that when I started, I had to finish the whole workout or risk admitting to the world (because the whole world follows me on Twitter) that I hadn’t completed the workout.\u00a0 So I posted before and after.\u00a0 It’s added motivation.<\/p>\n

Now, what constitutes a long treadmill run varies for everyone.\u00a0 Some people love their treadmill and will happily run 20 miles on it.\u00a0 Others can’t handle anything more than five.\u00a0 But sometimes, the treadmill is the best option, and you have to do whatever you can to make that workout happen.<\/p>\n

How do you get through long treadmill workouts?\u00a0 What’s the longest treadmill run you’ve ever done?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last night, I ran ten miles on my treadmill.\u00a0 I got a lot of comments from people about how I was crazy and how they could never do ten miles on a treadmill. 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