Maintenance Run #3 and #4

I've started getting into the routine of the maintenance runs but they sure do take a lot of discipline. Wednesday it was raining so I ran on the treadmill. This certainly has pros and cons. Cons: the room is hot, you don't seem to really go anywhere, and there is a clock, pace timer, mile marker there to stare at me and taunt me until I finish. The only real pro I can think of is that the room is equiped with "cardio theather" so I can plug my headphones into a jack on the treadmill and be in pure delight as I watcch TV! Reruns of Seinfeild and The Simpsons. I'm sure the others in the room found my laughing out loud a bit of a distraction...but when you don't really have television, and you get to watch sitcoms for 45 minutes everything has a fresh coat of funny on it!

I ran this morning as well-a nice cool and crisp morning run. However I am struggling with my minds ability to wander and not focus on what I am doing. I find that I am bored as I run. I feel glued to my stopwatch, thinking, when am I done!?! And to think I have signed on for 26 miles of this? Yikes!

Any one out there have some advice for me so I don't feel like a hamster running on a wheel?

Day off tomorrow and 4 or 5 miles on Sunday. Also going to get new runnies! Maybe new running shoes will alleviate my bordem.