Mid-sprint this morning, my hand caught the string attached to the emergency stop button on the treadmill and I went from running at a 9.0 to standing still on the treadmill, my head full of frustrating thoughts as I aggressively pressed the buttons to try to get the treadmill to come back to life.
The emergency stop button completely resets the treadmill, so I had to wait for a bit before I could punch in my speed and run again. I was in the zone and digging deep in the middle of my workout when this happened and the emergency stop button served as my own personal energy zapper.
Thank goodness for awesome music, because once the treadmill started going again, a gloooorious song came on my iPod. The Jock Jams Mega Mix! If that song doesn’t pump you up, I don’t know what will. (It was even the song we chose to have our bridal party introduced to kick off the reception at our wedding!)
Though my workout was briefly interrupted, it was still a pretty darn good one.
I completed a 35-minute treadmill workout that looked like this:
Since Ryan was still busy finishing up his legs workout when I was done on the treadmill, I ended my workout with a 10-minute cool down on the elliptical.
Breakfast
I was craving sweet and salty thing morning, so an egg sandwich with cheese and jelly sounded perfect.
Served with a hot mug of Newman’s Own vanilla caramel coffee on the side!
Ryan gave me that mug for Christmas one year and I love the adorable sleeve and big, red button.
I commented on how cute it was during a random trip to Starbucks with him and was pumped to see it in my Christmas stocking! Sipping coffee from that mug makes me feel nice and cozy… in the 80-degree Florida chill.
Have a GREAT Tuesday everyone!
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This literally just happened to me yesterday. My hand caught the string when I went to turn the page on my Kindle.
Level 10 scares me! Good for you! I do a similar workout but max out at level 9. I think my lungs are ready for level 10 but my legs aren’t!
Ugh it DOES totally suck when the treadmill stops mid-workout! It makes me feel like all that effort & mileage & calorie-burning just didn’t happen hahah! I’ve been on a few funky treadmills that just stop at random (no emergency stop pushage) .. let me tell ya, those are to be avoided!
PS – love the cute mug! so cozy!
That mug is super cute! I love the red button. It does look comfy and cozy. Have a great Tuesday! 🙂
I HATE when that happens! I get so discouraged, esp when I was having a killer workout!
Your mug is so cute! And I haven’t done the emergency-stop thing myself, but I’ve seen it happen and the woman nearly flew over the front of the treadmill! I’ve had the pleasure of being on a treadmill when the power cut out though, and that is a very similar experience!
I LOVE that mug. Good choice! I’ve also accidentally hit the emergency button-NOT fun and then practically fell on my face…
I always do that on treamill! It drives me crazy! I hate having to restart.
The treadmills at my gym are programmed for 35 minutes, so if I want to go longer than that, I have to restart the treadmill again. That’s annoying too.
I have to find that Newman’s Own vanilla carmel coffee- I wonder if it comes in a k-cup?
i actually bought one of those little k-cups where you can add your OWN coffee grounds. i love it! have you seen them?
I have to look for one of those! Then you can just use any coffee! Thanks for the tip.
When we bought our Keurig a few years ago, we got one free with it 🙂 It’s called the My K-Cup, if you’re looking for it, Heather.
I have one too but no instructions, I put tried once and there were grains of coffee in my coffee..how much do you put in?
i fill it to the top of the k-cup and haven’t had any issues. 🙂
ugh I hate when I accidentally pull the emergency stop button, it makes me so angry sometimes it always seems to happen when you are right in the zone too!
I did this yesterday too! I was trying to pull my towel out of the cup holder and the string was in it. I was pressing all the wrong buttons to get it to restart. Ended up being stopped for a good 2-3 minutes agh!!
At least I was doing intervals, I needed the break.
Cute mug!
Our treadmill in our house is really old (think crank to go up and down old)… Sometimes it just dies- mid stride! It kinda pitches you forward. i have never been thrown off but someday I am afraid I will.
I can understand your frustration. Accidentally pressing the emergency stop button is something that happens way to often when I’m not the treadmill and what I hate about it is that it resets everything. I’m usually so focused on other things when I’m on the treadmill that I have no idea how long ran and it really frustrates me to finish a treadmill workout and not knowing the exact distance and time.
hahahha. I HATE that stupid emergancy stop. It’s happened to me before too and I know that frantic “push every button to get it started faster” feeling!
Glad you had a motivating song to push you through!
Accidentally stopping the treadmill mid-run is one of the most annoying things, ESPECIALLY during a HIIT workout…restarting as well as the distance wipe-out sucks (I’m a sucker for numbers)!
That is literally the worst. I hate when the string is hanging low and you try to adjust it while running and accidently pull it and it stops. Then you have to wait for the treadmill to reset and slowly pick up speed again plus it lost all of the information from before like how far you ran!
Ahhhh I hate when I accidentally pull the stop cord! Totally messes me up! And I’m hoping to do a similar treadmill workout this afternoon – yay for Tina’s bootcamp!
Only one question: is the Jock Jams Mega Mix available on iTunes?!? I totally forgot about that GEM and am now using it to amp me up…for work haha
I channeled my inner PBF this morning and got up and did the little sister (20 min) version of this workout…I was a sweat monster.
I hate it when that happens! Sometimes the treadmill at my gym literally just shuts down for now reason – so annoying.
Yes!! I’ve had that happen to me a few times… It’s embarrassing and such a motivation drain!!
I hate that when that happens! It has happened quite a few times for me too. I am surprised it hasn’t made me fall off the treadmill sometimes!
Oh yes, I’ve done that. It’s incredibly frustrating, and a little scary because it’s such a jolt!
I can’t stand the treadmills that stop at an hour. It takes me a bit longer to get through some run and then it resets and I have to try and do the math on how much farther to go and how long it took in total.
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I do that every once in awhile too – and it definitely interrupts my workout.
Ugh, doing that is the worst. I’ve actually tripped off the treadmill from the abrupt stop from pulling the cord!
I hate that!!! Luckily my gym got rid of the treadmills with the emergency string. Now they just have a button which is harder to accidentally push.
When there’s a string I tie it flush to the bar so I can’t pull it on accident.
The worst! It’s happened to me a bunch of times. I find it the most frustrating when the weather is crappy and I’m doing training runs and I’ve not taken notice of the distance logged pre-emergency stop. Grrr…
P.S. Every time I see that sandwich on your blog, I crave it like mad and never seem to get around to making it. I am going to make it happen this week!!
I have done that too many times and it is so frustrating! Definitely hard to get back in the zone after that.
One of the best things about at home treadmills is that they seldom have that big obnoxious button that is so easy to accidentally hit! It used to happen to me all the time at the gym, but it’s never happened at home thankfully. Although, our treadmill doesn’t like the cold (it’s in our basement) and will randomly short circuit and shut off in the winter months which is pretty much the same thing. It’s always fun when you’re sprinting hardcore and then unexpectedly almost slam face first into the front of the treadmill.
Very cute mug! And I know what you mean – super frustrating. Yesterday, the stationary bike I was using kept pausing on it’s on … was totally messing up my mojo …
i HATE when that happens…and with a klutzo like me, its def happened a bunch of times 🙂
i love your mug, too cute!
That has definitely happened to me and it always seems to be when I’m right in the zone! I also hate that you lose your whole stats for the workout to that point.
Oh no! I have done that before…….at a gym 🙂
Breakfast looks yummy as always! Have a great Tuesday!
I do this ALL THE TIME. It frustrates me to no end, and it’s dangerous, too! Once I almost fell off the treadmill as a result. Roar!
I have two scars on my knees from a treadmill dead stop. It really hurt.
Awesome looking workout! I have done that too. Sooooo frustrating!
That’s better than flying off backward! 🙂
Level 17?? Do they go that high? I know I can’t go that fast! 🙂
ha! no, no. repeat the speeds from min. 5 – 17. 🙂 not run at 17! that would kill me!
HAHA OK that makes sense! It does state that too! Thanks for clearing that up for me:)
just found your blog and i love your workouts! pinning them like crazy! thanks for the inspiration!
so glad you found me!!
ahhhh i feel your frustration!! that is so annoying when it accidentally gets hit!!
I get SO angry! I want to punch the treadmill lol.
I love your writing! You have such a way with words. Awesome! Have a great day Julie!
thank you so much, kelly! what a nice comment! 🙂
OMG! I HATEE emergency stop! Specially when I’m trying to get a killer say 4 mile workout. I’ll have to do the math like alright I was at 2.6 now I have 1.4 more to go, and my time was yadda yadda. Ugh. Makes me so mad. I’m such a numbers freak.
80 degree chill, haha! Where are the morning smoothies, my friend?! I remember last April you were downing them (just as I would be) all meals of the day haha.
It’s a brisk a.m. here in Seattle, but lovely at that!
Ahh, I hate when that happens! I was on a new treadmill at the gym the other day and couldn’t find the pause button so hit stop, thinking I could restart where I was. Nope – it removed my previous run and time 🙁
your blog name is adorable!
Oh man what timeing…I accidentally hit emerg stop 2x yesterday! I hate loosing my accumulation of miles!
When I first started running I did this all. the. time. It was beYOND frustrating!!!
I hate that! At least you didn’t fall off. I’ve come close.
I didn’t know it, but treadmills at my gym actually shut off after 60 minutes. So one day I was running along and all of the sudden it just powered off. I had no idea what hit me and then I realized I was at the hour mark. Rude.
the treadmills at my old gym in orlando did that, too!
I was running on the treadmill once and it completely died out of nowhere. I wasn’t going that fast (can’t imagine!) but it still shocked my knees a bit and was definitely aggravating! Not to mention the rest of the treadmills were taken so I had to settle for the elliptical and couldn’t finish the workout I planned. Oh well, such is life!