Jon Pretty

I'm the opposite there. On a treadmill I can space out and think of other things. Outside I have to pay attention to where I'm going

To each their own, I seem to be able to think better when I'm outside. My subconscious just refuses to accept running without going anywhere

So then the futility of it sneaks into my brain and makes me think "how much longer".

For me I think having a number I can make go higher substitutes for a sense of going somewhere

Ah yeah, that doesn't help me. I start seeing it as a countdown timer.

I guess I do too, but that doesn't seem to be a problem? After all I control the length of time it's counting down from

Interesting how we all get motivated differently. On the treadmill, I want to get it over with, outside it's "I wonder what's over here."

Yeah, while for me I'm much more acutely aware of the passage of time while outside but on the treadmill I just check back on occasionally.