Not to hijack the thread, but where I go running, in a local park, there are sweetgum balls, there are roots, there are rocks poking up out of the trail. I have fallen and hurt myself a lot more than I have staying inside with my safe little Cathe tapes! I wish I could just disengage my brain while running, but instead, I have to focus very closely on the trail! }(
For turning off my brain, nothing does it for me like swimming a mile in a pool. Back and forth. Back and forth. Back and forth. x(
But if I had to run on a treadmill, I'd get so bored I couldn't do it. It's only the complex visual environment of the out of doors that lets me run. That's why I can't run here in the South from May until October. No treadmills for me.
Anyway, Nancy, I'm sorry you're so stressed out at work and I do hope someday soon you get to add step to your options. It is nice to have as many exercise options as possible.