Running inside @ the Dome

Last night by happenstance I got to run inside at the Dome (400 m indoor track). I had planned to run at the Peak Centre on the treadmill after my weights. The weights finished really quickly after the power went out. Still wanting to get a run in and not to fond of going outside in the -18.5 degree c temp, I decided to go down to the east end to run at the Dome.

Last week I bought a monthly pass for the Dome. It’s less than 15 minutes from my house and hence fairly easy to get to. If this works out I'll keep doing this throughout the winter.

The run was great. Surprisingly there wasn’t that many people there. I ended up running for 1:24 minutes. This was more than I had scheduled but it was so nice to run in shorts again that I just kept going.

The only catch with running at the Dome is that I can’t go there between 5 and 8 PM as it’s reserved for the Ottawa Lions. I arrived just before 8 and had no problem getting into the swing of things.

What was also nice was that I didn’t run with a watch. I’ll have to figure out how I’m going to keep track of my distance out there. There’s a clock on the wall but you have to count laps to determine the correct distance.