Treadmills Lie

I am back in Dallas for the week and it's just too hot to run outside. Since I really can't afford to miss any more training days, that had me on the hotel treadmill this morning for my normally quick two mile run. (Never mind that the basement of the hotel, the location of the fitness center, smells like feet. Did I mention it's a "four star hotel?") I did some quick math in my head and set the treadmill to the pace I normally run outside. At this point I almost had a "treadmill incident" since there was no way I could run at my "normal pace" on the treadmill. I took the speed down a few notches since falling off the back of the treadmill is a fear of mine. As such, a run that would normally take me between 20 and 22 minutes took over 26. I don't know what to make of that. Although I am not fast, I don't think I run a 13 minute mile. My recent races seem to prove that out for the most part. So, I must conclude that treadmills lie and I ran closer to 2.5 miles today... Good for me!