Working Through Vacation

As summer moves along its inevitable that some of my long runs will have to be on my own. I went to Panama with my boyfriend and his family and was supposed to do 12 miles for the long run. I thought I might be able to run outside but it ended up that the resort we were staying in didn't have the safest surrounding community. Another factor was the heat and humidity which I will try to avoid at all costs (although DC isn't much better). Instead I got desperate and found... a treadmill.

I hate treadmills. I think running on them is boring let alone running for 120 minutes. I tend to get psyched out when I can see my time and know how much more I have to go. To keep myself interested I made myself listen to 5 songs without looking at my time and then I would check out the time and be motivated by how much time had passed. It ended up that 5 songs lasted me about 20 minutes so I did 6 sets of 5 songs. This definitely helped me get through the workout.

Aside from my boring treadmill run Panama was beautiful and I was able to run on the Panama Canal Causeway which goes alongside the Bridge of the Americas connecting the two continents. Pretty Sweet.