Treadmill, Newtons, Shenandoah Sisters

I love my treadmill. It was given to us 4 years ago by a teacher at Tony's school who bought it with good intentions, but never used it and needed the space it was taking up. So it was FREE! And it has a couple glitches now. I'm not sure how long it will last, but between Tony and I, averaging 3-4 runs each per week for four years now, we've certainly gotten a lot of use out of it. (P.S. If any of you are like that teacher, and your space is more needed than your good intentions, let us know. We're going to need to buy another one soon, I'm afraid.)

I love my hot pink Newton running shoes. They are INCREDIBLY light and designed to help you run with the form you would if you were running barefoot, which is supposedly best for the rest of your body. I've only had these for a few months, but I love them! Plus, they look SOOOOO COOL, right?!?

I'm on the fourth and final book in this series, Shenandoah Sisters, and I'm LOVING it! You know the kind of books that you stay up late reading, and don't care that you're tired because the book is so worth it? Tony doesn't know anything about this concept, but I'm sure some of you do!

I especially love the three of these things in combination and have enjoyed lots of runs in the past few weeks, almost oblivious that I'm running because I'm so into my book (and my shoes are so light and comfortable!) A lot of people tell me that they can't read and run--either they can't focus in on the words or they get dizzy. So I consider myself lucky. As long as the text isn't too small, I can read up to about 8mph pace. So I don't read when I do speed workouts, but otherwise, I'm ALWAYS reading when I run!