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Not so afraid of the treadmill anymore :)

Saturday, April 14, 2012

I have always been terrified of treadmills, and lately running has been pretty scary as well. I was an alright runner in high school (I played soccer and threw discus for the track team), but lately I can't seem to run more than a 30 seconds without having to take a break. This past week I've been walking and jogging on the treadmill and I'm happy to say that today I jogged at 4.5mph for 45mins straight, which was 3.37 miles WITHOUT STOPPING OR WALKING! I'm sooo happy about this, it's such an accomplishment for me :D
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LIZMORGAN 4/15/2012 5:27PM

    Thanks for the encouragement, guys! And all of you who are still nervous about jogging on the treadmill, if I can do it, you definitely can! Start slow, you'll get it!

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RACH_LVSLIFE 4/15/2012 1:01PM

    emoticon on conquering that treadmill. That "can take on the world" feeling is awesome, isn't it?

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GEEKYMOUSE 4/15/2012 11:40AM

    Inspiring! I want to jog on the treadmill but just walking on it makes me dizzy! I've done it outside on a track-- my lungs can keep up, but my tightening lower legs can't! Now with the rainy spring weather ruining outdoor work-outs for me, I look to the treadmill to build up some endurance....and I COWER......


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LASSKERR 4/15/2012 1:54AM

    WAy to go! Pass some of that courage my way :)

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MAPLECANDY3 4/14/2012 11:21PM

    Thats an awesome leap in fitness!! Im glad you were able to move past your fear of tredmills so you could enjoy this moment!!

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KATE620 4/14/2012 9:36PM

    You know that's a really reassuring blog for me - I can't run for more than a minute and just signed up for a 5K. Seeing that others accomplish such great results and are able to increase time from 30 seconds to 45 (holy cow) minutes is awesome. Keep up the great work! emoticon

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VALKYRIA- 4/14/2012 8:04PM

    That is AMAZING, Liz, way to go!!! emoticon

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