I ran on the tm last night, for the first run in a long time. I did a miniscule 30 minutes on the cardio program, level 1, which seemed too slow for the walk intervals, so I bumped it up. However, when it got to some of the run intervals, the speed was 7 mph, which was too fast, so I had to set it back to 6 mph.
My DH told me he loved this program, but I would rather control the intervals on my own, using the manual function. I was fine running at 5 mph, and was breathing hard at 6 mph, pretty much the same as always. Now my hips are really sore, along with some hamstring ouchiness. Some of it is from x country skiing on Wednesday, so I took an Advil and hope to stretch it out on the trainer today.
I keep going back and forth with whether I am going to continue running, but I like having something I can do in a shorter time period. And, I like running outside when it's cold out. OK, not the kind of cold you ladies are describing (we rarely have that), but when it's in the 20's-40's. Motivate me, please...