QUESTION FOR PEOPLE WHO RUN BUT WHO ARE NOT “RUNNERS” (And, yes, in my head that distinction does make sense.):

If you run while at the gym, how long do you go? Is 15 minutes a good amount? Too short?

I hate (haaaaaaate) running. But, I like all kinds of things about what it does to me. How easy it is to lose the pounds, how I feel after, how easy it is to see improvements in lung capacity, heart rate, and overall stamina. So I’m going to try to work it back in to my routine. First step is, naturally, establishing a routine. This is tough and I’ll tell you why. It’s because I am a procrastinator with a willpower made out of damp tissue paper.

Here’s what I’m thinking. Get to the gym, 15 minute warm up on some sort of cardio machine, walk on the track for 5, run for 5, fast walk for 5, run for 10, cool down walk for 5, finish up with another cardio machine for 15. That gives me an hour of good heart-pumpin’ workout, a quarter of which is running which usually kicks my ass much harder than any of the other activities.

So, healthy people, what do you think? Good scheme?