Pedometer Frustration

With harsh winter weather upon us, the option of running outside is not great right now.  Saturdays are my scheduled long run days so I started out on the treadmill.  I was about 4 minutes in, and I couldn't take it anymore.

This is exactly how I felt.  I decided to change tactics.  I got off the treadmill and returned to my running roots.  I ran around my house - through the different rooms while having the television on to distract me.  I used a pedometer to help me track my distance.  When I finished, I wanted to throw my pedometer across the room.  I was so frustrated!

Pedometer reading on Saturday:

3.17 miles on January 4, 2014

I should be happy about running the distance of a 5K, right?  Not when I consider the amount of time that I ran.  I am not even going to tell you the number of minutes I ran because it would calculate to an embarrassingly slow pace.  Like people could crawl three miles in the amount of time it took for me to run.  Needless to say, I was beyond frustrated.

I took yesterday off from running for multiple reasons.

1.  I did a long run on Saturday.
2.  I was grumpy with my results.
3.  It snowed...a bunch...and I shoveled my driveway.

I got up this morning, did my bible study, felt refreshed, and decided to do my short run.  I made it a point to focus on running faster through my house, not run in place at all (thinking that could have affected my pedometer reading on Saturday), and to keep moving.  I finished thinking I would have at least a mile (hoping for a mile and a half) and this is what my pedometer read:

0.80 miles on January 6, 2014

Grrrr...again, much lower than I expected.

I may have to return to the treadmill and just GET OVER IT.  I also thought that maybe I should try running on the treadmill while wearing the pedometer to see if they match.  I don't want to get discouraged and give up.  It is easy to give up when you get frustrated and discouraged.  It is easy to quit.  I don't want to take the easy way out anymore.