Kelly's A.D.D. Training

The gym time continued with the upper body workout and 4 miles on the treadmill today. As I hung in this contraption where you put your arms into straps and then dangle (looking like someone who lost hangman) so you can do leg lifts, and possibly grow a few inches at the same time, I was thinking that people who are really into this stuff are a bit crazy. Who invented this contraption? It is kinda fun to watch people hanging there though. Anyway, upper body days are no picnic, but WAY easier than lower body days. I always love when Greg throws in some exercises with the big Pilates ball. I have to concentrate so much on not falling off the ball, I sometimes forget how much it hurts!

Today I also had the realization that I may never be able to actually run OUTSIDE. I'm doing great inside, the 4 miles today was not too bad at all. The treadmill becomes a paradise for my attention deficit self. I pick a machine in front of a tv with closed captioning. I have my cell phone in one cup holder, my iPod in the other. The gym has wireless so I can check my email, Facebook and Googletalk while I'm running. I find a magazine just in case. There is usually at least a little good people watching too. Then I spend an hour so distracted by the world around me that I, again, forget it hurts. Sometimes I focus by staring at the digital display and clearing my mind. If I'm not too tired, I can do mental math and calculate how far I will be able to go if I run a certain number of miles per hour for however many minutes. Today I realized that if I get a treadmill next to someone who really CAN run, I can entertain myself by pretending like we are competing. Even better when it's a nice looking guy. Today, the guy kicked my butt. So all this to say that when I finally start running outside, I'm not sure I will ever be able to create the level of distraction that I trained for! Not to mention that on the treadmill, when I drop my iPod and it flies across the gym, some nice person always brings it back to me. When this happens on the street, I think bad things will happen!!!