I decided to do my long run on Friday night this week so I could stay up late to watch the Olympic opening ceremonies without fretting about having to get up early on Saturday. For a variety of reasons too boring to discuss, I opted to do it on the treadmill. I had never done a long run on the treadmill before, so I figured it would also be good mental training in overcoming boredom.
As I was merrily pounding away, minding my own business, my treadmill suddenly slowed and stopped. The display said “End”. End? End of what? Not my workout, that’s for sure! It took me a couple of seconds to realize that with the clock display only having 4 digits, it doesn’t count any higher than 99 minutes. Of course I was annoyed, because once it stops, it won’t show you the display, so I didn’t know how far I had gone. I would have to restart the clock, then estimate my total distance based on my time and the various speeds I had used.
But then I had a little laugh. Here I thought I would never make it the 2+ hours I needed to finish my long run, and in the end, in some small way, I had outlasted my treadmill.
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Take that dreadmill. I guess the designers behind this particular model were not marathoners.
I have a heavy duty dreadmil I use it for speed work …it kicked out the breaker once and man that was a sudden stop…I thought It should have deployed an airbag or something …long runs are fine on them but are hard on the drive belt because of the heat it creates…as for your victory over your treadmill, all I can say is …congratulations…!!!
EndorphinBuzz – clearly not! 😀
EZL2000 – ouch! I have a great mental picture now, but I hope you weren’t hurt!
just my pride Karen ….just my pride. <3