A numbers game

While on the cross trainer tonight, I was reminded that the first thing that drew my attention to basketball were the numbers. At one time, I knew all the stats. Watching the games live was great, but I missed the numbers. All this and it is still a numbers game...

...how many calories can I burn in X amount of time?
...can I make the 8 minute mile?
...how far can I push it?

Well, I did make my 8 minute mile... 7 minutes 50 seconds actually. Instead of relishing in the success of meeting that goal, I immediately wondered how to better my best. Could I do 7 minutes? Same with the treadmill... at a 15% incline, I wondered how much more I could do if the machine let me... how many caloried could I burn? Could I speed up the mph and still maintain the intensity?

At 700 calories in 60 minutes, I should have felt good, efficient, something more than the desire to wonder how much further I could go. Or maybe not... I dunno.