"Horizontal running"

Today is another 30 min running days and I am SICK!!!  Last Sunday we got a bug that started working it's way through our house starting with my husband, then my boys and finally me.  As I lied in bed thinking about how to get a run in and this scene from Pitch Perfect came to mind and I thought maybe I should just put my running gear on and lay in bed maybe that will help me feel better. LOL!!  No training run today. :-(

I drowned my sorrows in water and took cold/flu medicine and slept the day away,   Since today's running isn't going to happen today, I'll go over my last 30 min training run on Tue.  My house was full of sick people and I'd been taking care of them for the last couple days, I wasn't even sure I would be able to get away for a whole 30 mins but hubby was feeling well enough, finally, to assure me a uninterrupted 30 mins.  So I put my earbuds in and started.  Running on the treadmill always has some strange side effects. Having to select a speed makes me always very aware of my pace and I always slower per mile pace on my treadmill than I ever do on an outside run.  Noticing that I was coming up to the 25 min mark of my 30 mins and had gone a mile & a half.  I know I can average 15 min miles.  WTHeck?  The more I run the more I realize I suck for more than just my first mile. It takes me almost two to get warmed up.  It may start feeling a little better after the first mile but I don't think I find a groove until mile two.  

Noticing my low mileage I picked it up a bit. I then started thinking I've never pressed the 6mph button on my treadmill, I could do that for 1 min, thats a 10 min mile pace, It's only a min.  So at one min left to run I hit the 6. As the treadmill started to pick up when it got to pace I said WHOA really loud, it was faster than I expected it to be but I did the whole min.  I plan on getting an extra run in next week to make up for this missed run today.  I have a 3 mile run on Saturday and I plan on taking it a little slower since I've been sick and because I have a new running buddy. I will include pics and give an official introduction in my next post. :-)