I love treadmills.

I should qualify the above statement. I love treadmills when it's my choice to be on one (not forced because it's too icy or cold outside in MN) and I love good treadmills, particularly Woodways. If you've never been on a Woodway, find one and try it. It will change your outlook on treadmills.

I think I also really like treadmills because everything is so cut and dry -- it tells you your speed, your distance, your time, it's all right there. And I can push myself a lot harder on a treadmill than on the road because I am not interested in falling off of a treadmill (knock on wood) whereas on the road I'm not going to fall off anything if I don't hold a pace.

Thursday morning I went to RSF before work to get a good speed workout in on the treadmill (they have 2 Woodways). 15 minute warm up, 2.4 miles at 7:30 pace, 5 minute cool down. It felt great to be forced to run faster than stuck-in-a-rut 9s.