You gals crack me up!! Thanks for the replies.

I will not, I refuse to run 13 miles on a treadmill. For that reason, no early season IMs for me!!

Seriously, when I used to train in the frozen north where spring sometimes does not come until June (OK, that's a little hyperbole but not much), I used to run at a facility where there were treadmill's, a track and a pool. So I'd do part of my workout on the TM, then track, then water run. Just to try to keep the boredom at bay. But let's be honest, I get bored running outside for 2.5 hours. Maybe a little ADD?