Here's the treadmill thread for October. I invite everyone out there who does a regular exercise routine--treadmill-based or otherwise--to log their daily activity here. I find it really keeps me accountable.

Today I did 30 minutes at 2 mph, even though I'm not feeling so hot. The view was blurry. I took my glasses off and put them in my pocket in an attempt to keep myself from watching the timer too much. It seems to help. ANYTHING I can do to psych myself through these things, I'm going to do. You would NOT believe some of the internal dialogs I've got going while I'm walking.

The goal for October is 7 days a week, knowing that it's unlikely I'll hit all 7 days. I'm going to keep my time at 30 minutes and my speed at 2 mph, even though I know that's pretty slow by treadmill standards. Once I've gotten the extra days in without incident, I'll look at ratcheting the intensity up again. I have to take this slowly or I'm going to fail. I've learned that much in the last year, that there's no shame in going slowly, only in giving up.