Goodness gracious! I was doing SO well this summer, running 1hour 5 days a week before work. Then the winter came, and I bought a treadmill. I cant get myself on the dang thing but maybe 3 times a week and only for 1/2 hour at a time. What is wrong with me? Does someone have any ideas on how I can get my butt running on the treadmill? I watch Tv, that doesnt work, I listen to my Mp3 player, again nothing. I think it is becuase I can just get off of it. When I am outside running, I have to keep going to get back home. I am ashamed of myself. I have gained 10 lbs.
What can I do? Thank you for all your suggestions! Anyone want to come over with a whip to make me run for an hour every day!??

running on the tread mill is hard. I run outside whenever possible (now I see your location and gotta say...there is rarely weather bad enough in oregon to use winter as an excuse - although you do get more snow in central than I do in western)

When on the treadmill, play games with the buttons. Intervals, progressions, inclines, pyramids - anything but run at steadystate. If I do succumb to the dreadmill I decide how long my workout will be (rarely more than 45 min) and then do warmup, and then start about 0.5 mph below my steady state pace and every 3 minutes bump it up by 0.1 until I am finishing my workout at 0.5 ABOVE my ss pace. Or I alternate flat and fast with slow and hill. Just keep pushing buttons!

And get some warm clothes and go outside!!!

If you really hate the treadmill, buy some warm clothes and run outside. I haven't personally done this, but they say that once you start running you don't even feel the cold. www.coolrunning.com has a message board with several posts recommending the right kind of clothing to wear in the cold, rain, snow, etc.

Yeah, I ran outside last year- in the snow... I need to just kick my own butt and do it no matter what. Thank you for the suggestions!!!!!

I love and much prefer to run in the cold... Dress warmly with good dryweave clothes with a windbreaker and git out in the fresh cold air and run ...

I just got some 'outdoor, cold weather clothing' from REI. It was paper thin, so I wondered how ON EARTH it would keep me warm. It not only keeps me warm, I'm down right HOT in it. I don't even wear the jacket. I just wear the 'special' shirt, the 'special' hat, and some paper thin 'special' gloves, and I'm perfectly comfortable. I new to doing ANYTHING outdoors, so I'm surprised I like it so much.

When I have to run on the treadmill at the gym, I choose one in front of a mirror and stare at my own eyes or at my necklace. For some reason, getting a solid 'focal' point makes it more tolerable. (I'm not one who likes to look in the mirror a lot, but it works for the treadmill...)