I recently did my first run outside in the real world, away from the comfy confines of my treadmill… and boy is it different!  I couldn’t believe the differences between the two!  Now, I’ve only done one outdoors run so far (and this was just around my neighborhood) so my perceptions will likely change over time but here are the differences I noticed right away.

First, my breathing is loud!  I got up super early and was out the door at 6:00am.  It was very calm and peaceful outside.  That is, until I started running!  All I could hear was the sound of my own breathing!  Apparently the loud drone of my treadmill had conveniently blocked it out for me at home.  I was seriously thinking, my goodness, I am going to wake up everyone in the neighborhood!  Does anybody else notice this?!  (Note to self: Learn to breath quieter!)

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