Running Issues

You know what I have failed to mention at least 475 times this week? That I leave for Hawaii in four days! We still have mountains of snow here in the CO so I am pretty excited to be headed to the beaches. Just saying!

Clearly this isn’t my picture because I didn’t have a digital camera in 1998 (the last time I was in Hawaii.) This is my sister’s pic and I stole it from her, so we’ll say that it has Sissy Cred. And she won’t know that I stole it until she gets my blog update in her mailbox tonight. Giggle, giggle.

Aside from me galloping off into the Hawaiian sunset, I wanted to also tell you about my first yesterday: I broke a treadmill, my friends! True story. How did this happen, you ask?

Nope, I am pretty sure that is not the case! Remember, I am closer to this:

Well, if you remove the sword and the eye mask and the nunchucks, of course. (Cause I am as slow as turtle, in case you needed that explained.)

Anyway, I have been using the treadmill at my apartment gym lately, instead of going over to 24Hour Fitness. Typically, no one is in there so it is like I have my own, tiny personal gym!

I was about halfway through my run (a whopping 1.5 miles in) and I paused the treddy for a sec so I could hop off and grab my water bottle that I had left in the back of the room. Unfortunately, once I hopped back on and hit “resume,” the whole machine freaked out!

Well, I think it freaked out internally. Externally, it flashed a bunch of red lights at me and then displayed the message “ERR 1.” Uh oh, err is never good.

I pushed a bunch of buttons for awhile, to no avail. It was not going to allow me to finish my run, and unfortunately, I didn’t have warm clothes to head outside. Sure, having my own private gym can be nice….except for the fact that it only has one treadmill!

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I have another question that I would like to ask your opinion on. I have long been a proponent of workout capris for most of my workouts. I have a few pair of Nike Tempo shorts that I also love, but sometimes they bug me because they poof out all weird like I have an alien baby in there or something. And since I am a dedicated blog stalker, I have noticed that a zillion of you (that’s a literal number) seem to like running skirts.
Source
I almost bought this one online a few weeks ago, solely because it matches my running shoes 🙂
Anyway, I’ve never worn a running skirt before, but it seems like so many of you women swear by them! Why? Are they more comfortable than running shorts? I am thinking about trying one out, but I want to know what is so amazing about them!
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Do you wear a running skirt? Love ’em or hate ’em?

Have you ever broken gym equipment before? 
This was a first for me, although I did accidentally smack a kettlebell into the glass door at my gym. Luckily, it didn’t crack, but I kind of felt like an ass because it was REALLY loud!

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