Yup, it finally happened. I was that person. That person that fell off of the treadmill. I have always made fun of people that do that and now i am that person. Usually when i go to the gym i try to leave my cell phone at home, like many, i have the pavlovian trigger then when i see the little red light flashing indicating new correspondence, I immediately lurch for my phone like it was the last morsel of food on a barren and desolate planet. This being a very busy time at work, and having to work directly after my workout yesterday i thought i would take my phone in case anything came up that needed immediate attention.
Now since a week or so ago, I have been trying to get my speed up on the treadmill wanting to get my 5k time as it is really the only one of the three disciplines that i havent really seen any change in.
I am happy to say that i have taken my run speed on the treadmill from a 4.5 to a 5.0, so i am starting to see it dip lower as i increase the amount of time i am running at the 5.0 speed mark. ( most people run at 6.0+ on the treadmill so i am still wicked slow - but i am okay with that).
So here i am having the best run of the week, the last run of the week, and the little red light starts to blink. I am running at 5.2 speed, fastest of the week. I go to grab my phone, it flips out of my sweaty paw and in slow motion i can see it fall to land on the treadmill, and then in super fast motion it is gone and sent thuding into the wall behind me.
Instinct takes control where common sense fears to tread and of course i try to catch it as it falls!!
As i bend down to get it, i see, to have forgotten that i am traveling at fat guy speed of light ( 5.2) and my shoe catches the non moving side of the treadmill, immediately flinging my other leg behind me.
Uh-oh.
I am going down. This is going to hurt. Please baby jesus dont let there be any elderly or small children behind me, cause they gonna get a big suprise in a second.
Luckily, my aged cat like reflexes kick in ( somewhat) and i grab the rails of the treadmill before hitting the deck. I am doing the largest lunge of my life, but i manage to pull myself back up and start running again...like nothing happened.
The gals on either side of me, who prior to this were running probably around a 7+ each have slowed right down because they are laughing so hard they cant keep up the pace they had before.
I have to hold onto the front of the machine because i have tears in my eyes i am laughing so hard.
So the three of us are laughing, each with their own ear buds in and a commercial for feed the African children on the tv's in front of us. This does not look good to anyone only arriving now on the scene.
Good times...goooood times.
Some you may be saying, there now, you probably wont take your phone to the gym anymore, and you would be absolutely wrong.
I will most likely do this again, just maybe not on the treadmill, i will flip it over so i cant see the blinky light that owns my soul.
Not a bad week overall though:
Monday: 1x750m and 1x1500m swims
Tuesday: 1x750m and 1x1500m swims
Wednesday: off
Thursday: 1x1500m swim + strength building legs session
Friday: 8mile ride ( 25min) + 6k run
Saturday: 8.5mile ride (25min) + 5k run ( time from 41min to 38min even with the cell phone incident)
Sunday: off
So over the next week i will be doing smaller distances and trying to get my speeds up. I feel like i have the endurance at the rates i am going now, but i really want to start to increase my speeds. Not sure how this will go, but we shall see.
Sean "BigBoyRunning" Ryan
Now since a week or so ago, I have been trying to get my speed up on the treadmill wanting to get my 5k time as it is really the only one of the three disciplines that i havent really seen any change in.
I am happy to say that i have taken my run speed on the treadmill from a 4.5 to a 5.0, so i am starting to see it dip lower as i increase the amount of time i am running at the 5.0 speed mark. ( most people run at 6.0+ on the treadmill so i am still wicked slow - but i am okay with that).
So here i am having the best run of the week, the last run of the week, and the little red light starts to blink. I am running at 5.2 speed, fastest of the week. I go to grab my phone, it flips out of my sweaty paw and in slow motion i can see it fall to land on the treadmill, and then in super fast motion it is gone and sent thuding into the wall behind me.
Instinct takes control where common sense fears to tread and of course i try to catch it as it falls!!
As i bend down to get it, i see, to have forgotten that i am traveling at fat guy speed of light ( 5.2) and my shoe catches the non moving side of the treadmill, immediately flinging my other leg behind me.
Uh-oh.
I am going down. This is going to hurt. Please baby jesus dont let there be any elderly or small children behind me, cause they gonna get a big suprise in a second.
Luckily, my aged cat like reflexes kick in ( somewhat) and i grab the rails of the treadmill before hitting the deck. I am doing the largest lunge of my life, but i manage to pull myself back up and start running again...like nothing happened.
The gals on either side of me, who prior to this were running probably around a 7+ each have slowed right down because they are laughing so hard they cant keep up the pace they had before.
I have to hold onto the front of the machine because i have tears in my eyes i am laughing so hard.
So the three of us are laughing, each with their own ear buds in and a commercial for feed the African children on the tv's in front of us. This does not look good to anyone only arriving now on the scene.
Good times...goooood times.
Some you may be saying, there now, you probably wont take your phone to the gym anymore, and you would be absolutely wrong.
I will most likely do this again, just maybe not on the treadmill, i will flip it over so i cant see the blinky light that owns my soul.
Not a bad week overall though:
Monday: 1x750m and 1x1500m swims
Tuesday: 1x750m and 1x1500m swims
Wednesday: off
Thursday: 1x1500m swim + strength building legs session
Friday: 8mile ride ( 25min) + 6k run
Saturday: 8.5mile ride (25min) + 5k run ( time from 41min to 38min even with the cell phone incident)
Sunday: off
So over the next week i will be doing smaller distances and trying to get my speeds up. I feel like i have the endurance at the rates i am going now, but i really want to start to increase my speeds. Not sure how this will go, but we shall see.
Sean "BigBoyRunning" Ryan
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