Fastest Workouts

  The hotel that we stay at in San Diego for our layovers has had an old out dated fitness center for many years. The best description of it would be a closet with one treadmill and an elliptical machine. Both of them definitely have seen better days. The placard on the door says ''maximum capacity of 6'', that always makes me chuckle when I use the "gym".  I've never seen anyone else working out so the 6 max rule must be working. Of course I'm usually in there around 3am so that might have something to do with it as well. I can tell you it was tiny and possibly in the Guinness Book of World Records for the smallest gym. Recently the hotel has completely remodeled and updated the fitness center. They now have beautiful state of the art equipment, lots of space to move around and I love this new facility. The best part is that they haven't calibrated the treadmills yet for some reason. I've brought it to their attention several times. My normal routine is to get on the treadmill, walk for about a quarter mile to then start jogging for another half mile or so until my legs feel warmed up enough to turn up the speed. On these treadmills no matter what speed you set it at above a 10 minute mile pace the treadmill belt will only run at a 10 minute mile pace. So I get to have some fun. Since I'll never be able to really run a 6 minute mile. I crank up the pace on the screen to a 6 minute mile pace and pretend that I am flying through my workout, lots of smiles and singing. At the end of my 40 minute run the treadmill screen tallies up my milage and says that I have completed about 7 miles. WooHoo. That is super duper fast. Gotta love those treadmills. 

  Apparently I run so fast in San Diego now that maybe Cliff Nutrition has heard about me. I received a strange package in the mail the other day, I'm not sure why but it was from Cliff Nutrition Company. It contained a sampler of their chocolate chip bar, electrolyte mix, Shot Bloks, Gu, and a recovery drink mix. I feel like a paid elite athlete with a sponsorship. I'll keep dreaming and working hard and running 6 minute miles in San Diego, you never know what might happen!