Detroit that is...I noticed today, during my run, there are no hills in Detroit. I mean there may be a slight incline here or there, but no real hills. I'm used to running outside, I prefer it. When running outside I get a sense of accomplishment by looking ahead and behind to see how far I have to go and how far I've been. Having a physical goal; an intersection, a building, the top of the next hill (non-existent in Detroit) is far more motivating that running one more lap on an indoor course or making it one more minute on a treadmill...that's how my mind works. This is a similar reason to why I have issue with gyms at all. I get bored being in the same room doing the same thing repetitively. I think this is why I always have preferred running to any other form of exercise, there is ultimate freedom and a drive to complete why you start. In a gym or on a track if you get tired of working on a machine or lifting weights you can just stop. If you're running circles around a track if you get tired you stop and you go to your car or home. If you're running out on the streets and get tired and want to stop...well, if you've gone two miles out, well, it's a two mile walk back. That's good motivation to keep going. Sure you can fudge your route to accommodate all sorts of short cuts and what not, but the kind of drive to 'go on' I'm talking about I've only ever experienced outside of four walls.
But I digress...I'm used to running outside, as I mentioned before, and for the last section of my life I ran the streets of Ypsilanti, Mi...truth be told this is not the worlds hilliest city...in fact, it too is pretty flat...but compare it to Detroit, and it's freaking San Francisco...so my point to all this is while I feel I'm making steady progress with my exercise program, I can't get rid of this tickling in the back of my head that's telling me I'm cheating this time because there are no hills for me to practice on. This is the same voice that whispers to me, "You ran 2 miles last time, you should never run less than that again..." If anyone knows how to shut this guy up, let me know.
Till next time:
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