So I am told it is good to run outside in winter, that I am less of a runner or man or whatever for loving the TM.  So now I have a tweaked groin and achillies tendon from yesterday ... yes I even ran in my screw shoes.

 

I am ready for spring, the time when weight (Fat) agically falls off my body ... At least that is my fantasy that is keeping me going right now.

Yes, my little Jiminy Cricket told me that, too. Plus the badasses in New England are always indicting me by their deeds (and judging me in their wicked Bruin-loving hearts - SCOREBOARD! - I know it).

To thine own BOCK be true!

GO DB!!

So I am told it is good to run outside in winter, that I am less of a runner or man or whatever for loving the TM.  So now I have a tweaked groin and achillies tendon from yesterday ... yes I even ran in my screw shoes.

 

I am ready for spring, the time when weight (Fat) agically falls off my body ... At least that is my fantasy that is keeping me going right now.

I hate hearing that shit.  I run on the TM a lot in the winter, especially at lunch.  Sure I could spend extra time bundling up and heading outside, but that's time that can be spent getting more miles at a pace that I, not the terrain and weather, can control on the TM.  I'll run outside on weekends, no matter how cold (Candice and Ben know I'm even willing to run with my hand down my pants).  I say who gives a shit if you're logging miles on the TM, you're fucking running, right?!?  Hell, running on the TM can be mental toughness building 'cause it sure as hell ain't as pretty or fun as running outside.  When I did my 45 miles on the TM last February I did it with no music, no television, just the voices in my head.  I think getting through a tough TM workout builds fitness and mental toughness.  Keep kicking ass buddy!!

I WISH I had a treadmill to run on!   It was 48 degrees out last night!

I have a new appreciation for the treadmill. And the difference between a really good treadmill and a shitty one cannot be overstated.

Somewhat pathetically, this makes it better for me.

Yes, I was going to switch from one $20.00/mo gym to a more conveniently-located one.  The treadmills at the second had clearly seen better days:

"So, do you know if people come in to do maintenance on the treadmills?"

"I actually have never seen anyone come in. I don't think they have ever needed it."

"I see."

Sometimes, you open the fridge, and you fish around in the Sam’s Winter 12-pack box, and all that’s in there is the Cranberry Lambic. And you shake your head, and refuse to pretend to like that crap, put it back, and reach for one of those Coors Lights left over from the Super Bowl party. And you drink it. And it’s alright. It’s gonna be alright.

 

If / when I have the means I'm getting a Landice like MrH has and building a whole fitness room around it with a kick ass tv and a quiet fan right in front.

And it provides another way to avoid any social interaction. As I have aged I realize how much I hate people.

I think I hate my treadmill more than I hate people.   And I prefer Sam's Cranberry lambic to both.  And I cant stand that beer.  Poor soldiers sit there until its autumn again and my wife asks if I happen to have any fruity beer.  But i hate falling on ice more than all these things so if the 3" of snow hit tonight as planned, it'll be 11mi on the hampster wheel at 5am.