Nature versus Hulu

I took my kiddos to school this morning and on the way back home to finish getting ready, I got a free car wash from the neighbors wonky sprinkler.  It reminded me how much I’ve enjoyed running on my treadmill.  I’m looking forward to the snow this year and how I won’t be able to use at as an excuse to not drive to the gym in the mornings.  I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again.  I’m a runner that loves her perfect conditions.  I will run in ONE of the below conditions, but if you combine it with another one from the same category, I will whine like a baby.

Weather Conditions that make me a weenie tot:

Rain

Freezing cold

Snow

Wind

Dark

Heat

Humidity

Other things you don’t have to deal with when running on a treadmill at home:

Getting stopped dead in your tracks by a skunk

Looking like a cave explorer while wearing a headlamp

Having rain/sprinkler mist float into your line of eyesight, while wearing your headlamp, and making you temporarily blind.

Getting a free shower from a sprinkler that has a mind of it’s own.

Getting scared out of your wits when another runner or biker sneaks up on you all stealth mode like and says something sinister like, “Good Morning!”

Looking like you're working the chain gang, or are at the very least, a flagger because of your neon safety vest you’re sporting.

Dogs barking and the fear of getting chased or bitten or dead.

Cars passing and the fear of getting run over or kidnapped

Competing with the garbage truck on garbage day.

Running past wet, soggy, and/or hot garbage.

I could keep going and going…….

Needless to say, I’m pretty much enjoying running on my treadmill, cutting out the traveling time to the gym, and staying away from all those sunrises?  I mean, who wouldn’t prefer educational TV like the Bachelor Pad versus a sunrise in the morning.  Come on people!  Haha, I’m only kind of kidding.

Arial shot of my little set up.  I have a fan in the treadmill – it’s noisy – a small fan for my face.  My coffee cup…yeah, sometimes I take coffee breaks while running.  My laptop with the Hulu for the trash tv.  My water bottle.  And my daughter doesn’t know that her Carmex has to stay here now.  Very handy!