It’s a toasty one today, and considering it’s the beginning of July, it’ll be just one of many for the next few months. Not even 8AM yet, it’s already 27°C outside and forecast to get up to 35°C this afternoon with a heat index approaching 40°C.
Even the dogs don’t want to stay outside for more than 15 minutes.
Fat burner L4
Went for another barefoot run on the treadmill today, although at a lower level than last time (max 4 mph). I think it’s time to start bumping up the length of my treadmill workouts now.
As good as the shock absorbing capabilities of the treadmill are, I’m definitely going to need shoes if I’m going to be running on the treadmill for longer than 30 minutes.
Duration: 30 minutes
Distance: 1.56 miles
Average speed: 3.2 mph
Calories burned: 186
Totals so far:
Duration: 3 hours
Distance: 10 miles
Average speed: 2.32 mph
Average pace: 22:38
Calories burned: 1233
Hot PMT
This is what happens when one of the photomultiplier tubes in a gamma camera gets out of tune and doesn’t get caught.
Treadmill work
I decided it was high time for me to make use of this treadmill we bought, so for the past few days I’ve been using it for short 30 minute workouts. So far they’ve been just walking workouts, up to 3 mph using this Fat Burner program that came built in.
Today I dialed it up to the first running workout, max speed 4.5 mph (I’m going to have to reprogram this thing to read out in metric…). I actually went the whole 30 minutes with only a few walking breaks (part of the program). Much better than I thought I would. Granted treadmill running isn’t nearly as strenuous as being out on the road, but I’m quite happy with how I did today.
To top it off, I’ve been doing it all barefoot. Not quite as punishing as I thought it would be, which is probably a testament to the shock absorbing capabilities of the treadmill. I need to get a new pair of running shoes anyway, but I kind of like the barefoot thing. I don’t think I’ll be doing it for anything much longer than a half hour or 45 minutes though. Even that would probably be a little too much punishment on these bones and joints.
Feeling good about these treadmill workouts. Better than doing nothing I suppose. Maybe I’ll even be able to lose some weight before the reunion.
Trek quote
“Learn why things work on a starship” – Kirk
“Each ship has it’s own combination code to prevent an enemy from doing what we’re attempting” – Spock
“Using our console to order Reliant to lower her shields” – Kirk
I’ve always loved this segment from Star Trek: TWOK. To me, it serves as an example that understanding how and why something works the way it does is always better than just knowing how to use it.