I haven't been outside much this year doing my runs. The majority of my miles have been on the treadmill. Something I think about during the mind-numbing hours on the treadmill is if all of the treadmill work will translate over to the road. I don't run with an incline, so that right there makes the treadmill a little easier--physically. Mentally, it's a whole other ball game.
Where do you look when you run on the treadmill? The distance run, the time, the people walking by, the wall, the TV they've installed 10 inches from your face? I usually stare at a distant wall and try to get sucked into the rhythm of my music. That's when time starts to fly by. The worst way to spend your time is staring at the distance run or the clock if you're going for a certain time. Time immediately slows. It's torture.
Today I ran 7 miles on the treadmill and put my extra shirt over the display in front of me so that the only thing I could see if I looked down was the speed at which I was running. Time went by much faster and my mind didn't tell me I was tired.
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