Sunday - 6 mile Treadmill Workout (including Treadmill Roulette!!)

I think my feelings about treadmills are pretty much in line with the majority of the human population.  I   very, very much prefer running out on the roads, so I try to avoid treadmills as much as possible.  That being said, when it is 111 degrees outside on June 8th and the temperature is already 86 degrees (and quickly climbing) at 6 am, running outside isn't the smartest idea.  Thus, treadmills in Las Vegas seem unavoidable to me.

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I needed to run at least 6 miles this weekend and I was determined not to skip out on it.  I definitely did not get up to run at 6am to run when it was (relatively) cool, so I was stuck with the decision of either not running or spending an hour on the dreadmill.

To make it a little more entertaining, I came up with the following workout meshing a workout from the Hungry Runner Girl and an idea I got from Carrots n Cake:

The Part from Hungry Runner Girl (modified and repeated from this)

5 min warm up (6.0 mph)

1 min hard run (6.5 mph)

1 min easy run (6.0 mph)

2 min hard run (6.5 mph)

1 min easy run (6.0 mph)

3 min hard run (6.5 mph)

1 min easy run (6.0 mph)

4 min hard run (6.5 mph)

2 min easy run (6.0 mph)

1 min hard run (6.3 mph)

1 min easy run (5.7 mph)

2 min hard run (6.3 mph)

1 min easy run (5.7 mph)

3 min hard run (6.3 mph)

1 min easy run (5.5 mph)

4 min hard run (6.3 mph)

2 min easy run (5.0 mph)

Treadmill Roulette:  The Part from Carrots n Cake (modified/shortened from this)

Step 1: Get your favorite playlist and put it on shuffle

Step 2: Create your own questions or use these:

     Song #1 - warm-up (5.5 mph)

     Song #2 - Is the singer of the song male or female?

          Male - 6.0 mph

          Female - 5.7 mph

          Both - 6.3 mph

     Song #3 - Is the song longer than 3 minutes?

          Yes - 5.7 mph

          No - 6.0 mph

     Song #4 - Is the song related to love?

          Yes - 5.5 mph

          No - 5.7 mph

     Song #5 - Is the song title related to running?

          Yes - 5.7 mph

          No - 6.0 mph

     Song #6 - recovery (5.5 mph)

     Song #7 - Is the singer male or female?

          Male - 6.0  mph

          Female - 6.3 mph

          Both - 5.7 mph

     Song #8 - Is the song from before 2000?

          Yes - 6.3 mph

          No - 5.7 mph

     Song #9 - cool down (5.0 mph)

**I actually hit 6 miles before getting all the way through song #8, but you get the idea**

Normally, I think treadmill workouts pass by slower than the time passes at the dentist's office...but doing this workout made it seem not quite as bad.