So, gyms?

Gyms are a foriegn place to me. I only stepped foot in a gym for a few weeks while I was in uni, in a desperate attempt to “turn myself around”. Obviously, I didn’t stick at it. Though, to be fair, I had lots of studying and gaming that needed to be done.

So a few months ago I did the gym induction at my local gym. I think my reasoning was that when the weather got worse I’d have somewhere to retreat to and no excuse not to do my running. Well over the past few days the weather has been atrocious. I’ve been there, hard at work on the treadmill. I’ve also noticed one or two things about gym users. Like the ones who give me dirty looks when I’m just plodding along, slowly eating up the kilometers. They jump on, pound away for 15mins and then jump off. I’m there for at least 25mins more than them, and I want to keep my knees and lungs. Also, nobody wears the safety cord on the treadmills. It’s a cord that clips onto your top, so if you fall off it pulls the emergency stop on the machine. Going at the speed some of them do, I’d imagine that’d be a concern.

Running on treadmills also seems to be deceptively easy. I can run 30mins on a treadmill, while I struggle to make 20mins outside. Maybe it’s because you can set your speed and you have all this information in front of you. Who knows? I just don’t want to get too comfy with it. I’ll think I’m amazing, and then when I come to run I’ll struggle horribly.

I should probably weigh myself now…