Because the pollution continues to be very bad, I had to run on the treadmill today. It was long run Sunday and I wanted to stick to routine.
I thought that I would break up the run if it got too much to run on the treadmill continuously for so long. But I managed. First it was the Hamuman Chalisa. Then it was the thirty minute mark.
From there it was a “faster” pace – 200-300-400 x 2 – with equal parts easy running, then 300-400-500 x 2 then 200-300-400-500-600 x 2 and some combinations that got me to the half marathon distance. Music helped but breaking up the run with pace and distance did the job.
I can only run slowly on the treadmill so the time taken was nothing to speak of, but at least I have the option to run on the treadmill.
Later in the morning, the young boy did a forty five minute breaking that up in three parts. I can quite imagine that this is the most running the treadmill has seen in this house.
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