(Long and Less Long) Runs - 2/5 to 2/11

[Wahine]

Yo,
We did a double workout today, Run then ride

We did a hill workout 7 hill repeats, warm-up and cool down. Total 3 miles, then changed gear and did 10 miles of single track mt biking.

We get extra credit because it is 21 degrees outside, with 20 mph winds, windchill 5.....

YEE HAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

now off for some dinner.....

RnR, that rocks!! Well done. Now I have to get my self up for a sit on the trainer. AAAAAAHHHHHHH!!

[Kimmyt]

3 miles today on the dreadmill! Next to really annoying Loud Guy. I am really itching for an outdoor run, but missed my planned on last weekend due to the stomach flu.

It is so wrong that I suffered from extreme guilt for not running, when I could barely eat anything solid!

Hopefully this week I'll be back on with a planned 3 mile on Thursday and hopefully 4 miles on Saturday or Sunday morning.

Yay health!

[KSH]

Alpine Rabbit- way to sprint it!

RnR- WOAH! That's impressive! I would have never left the house.

Wahine- When you love hills, let me know. Maybe that's the day I will love wind when I'm riding.

Kimmy- Annoying loud guy.... eh? Last week in my spin class, I was next to, "I really need a mint or some gum guy". Everything he breathed out... it stank so bad. YUCK. Great job on pounding out the miles on the dreadmill.


*RANT*

Here is my rant for the day... I can't believe these people who run on the treadmill... when it's 70 degrees and sunny outside. What the hell is wrong with them? I feel like dragging them all off, and making them go run outside with me.

Not to mention... I don't *get* runners who NEVER run outside... even when they can. I wonder if they could run outside if they had to.

[yellow]

I can't believe these people who run on the treadmill... when it's 70 degrees and sunny outside. What the hell is wrong with them? I feel like dragging them all off, and making them go run outside with me.

Not to mention... I don't *get* runners who NEVER run outside... even when they can. I wonder if they could run outside if they had to.

I had a friend (more like an acquaintance) some time ago that NEVER ran "on the ground" as I called it except for her marathons. She did all her training on the dreadmill. She hated running on the roads (injury related) and, I think, was actually terrified of having people see her run (though it never seemed to bother her on marathon day). She was very fast and efficient, but obviously had some psychological problems with running on the ground. I'm sure she physically could have run outside more often, but her mind couldn't handle it. She was one of the strongest, most physically beautiful people I've known (she had such beautiful arms).

I think some people think running on the dreadmill is easier. They aren't the types that love to run outside for the experience of, well... running outside. I think it's just a totally different mindset. I'm sure people wonder why I stretch so much at the gym and not at home (I actually stretch a lot both places, but at the gym I don't have 2 dogs and 3 cats wanting to "help" me, so I generally stretch for a very long time when I'm there).

[Wahine]

*RANT*

Here is my rant for the day... I can't believe these people who run on the treadmill... when it's 70 degrees and sunny outside. What the hell is wrong with them? I feel like dragging them all off, and making them go run outside with me.

Not to mention... I don't *get* runners who NEVER run outside... even when they can. I wonder if they could run outside if they had to.

I don't get the whole never running outside thing. I have known people, much like Yellow, who seem to have a mental block about it. I work with a lady now who never runs outside but will run for 50 min on the treadmill. She used to run outside. She said that everytime she runs outside she knocks her pelvis out of alignment due to the uneven ground. Well, I know a thing or two about this sort of thing and although I agree that she may not have the core strength to run outside right now, she could improve it and run outdoors again. Granted, she is already doing pilates at home. So then it leads me to believe that the Pilates isn't right for her or she needs to slowly wean off the treadmill. But really, that's likely more than she wants to deal with. She wants to burn the calories on the treadmill and do her pilates and away she goes.

Now, strictly biomechanically speaking, treadmill running is easier on some muscle groups, especially your calves. So people who have trouble with their lower legs can often tolerate the treadmill better. But I usually have my clients do this as a temporary measure, until we can get them back on the road, even if it's on a walk jog basis that's more walk than jog.

Well, that was a tad long winded. But then again, I usually tend to be that way.

[rocknrollgirl]

Funny that you all are chatting about this, and I do not know if you will understand what I am going to say about training outside, but I will try.

When I mountain bike, I have this feeling like I am a 10 year old, flying along on my bike. Complete freedom. When I pass people walking on the trail, I think..wooo hooo, look at me on my bike.

But when I run on the trail, I feel this complete sense of power. Like a warrior princess, and when I pass people walking on the trail, I think, grrrhhh, look at me, I am a warrior princess,tough and invincible.

Now I do not run on a treadmill, I have not needed to, but I would imagine it would for me feel like a chore, and I think EVERY woman should feel more like a warrior princess.

I do not understand, in any way, on any level, why they would not run outside if the weather is fine and the sun is up.

Let your warrior princess free!!!!!!

[Kimmyt]

Hmm I think I'll take a stab at this one too. While I would never (EVER) be cought dead on the dreadmill on a weekend, during the week I tend to run on one, even if Yes, the weather is decent and it is still light out (not now of course, since it is dark by the time I get out of work).

Why?

1) Ease of tracking miles and training for pace (i.e. try to keep my azzdragging to a minimum)
2) If I go home to change after work and run on the trail next to my house, I will never leave again. That's just the way it is. If I don't work out directly after work (my gym is in my company) then I won't do it after a full day of work.
3) The outdoor trail around where I work is wandery, short, and dissapears at times, making it annoying to run multiple laps on. I won't run on the roads around my workplace because I'm not yet comfortable running on roads with cars (it seems different on a bike... mostly I think I'm uncomfortable with how peds are supposed to run AGAINST the flow of traffic i think and that seems unnatural to cyclist me).

Now, at my old department building, we had a gorgeous 1/4 mile trail that ran around the place and wound through some woods and by creeks, and if I was running when I worked there, I would definitely hit that during lunchtime! But for right now, I have absolutely no desire to run on the 'trail' around my workplace.

So basically, I'm not a fan of the dreadmill, but I'll use it as a tool during the week, because I'm focused on a goal of running x distance or x time and it's not so much like torture, but more like an extension of work, and that's okay because on the weekends I get to play warrior princess (I like that!) on the trails near me. Well, if Warrior Princess can get passed by Old Dude regularly.



K.

[emily_in_nc]

I run on the treadmill on my lunch hour because the temperature is a controlled 68 degrees in our work gym, and I like to wear shorts and a tank top. Outside, it's often either too miserably hot/humid (I live in NC, after all) or cold, which would require bringing in all sorts of different clothes/layers to see what works. That just gets a bit too complicated when I only have an hour during my work day. The treadmill just simplifies it for me during the week. At home when the weather is nice, I will run on the trails after work (when it's light out) or on weekends, and I enjoy that, but the ground is uneven, and there are hills, so it's definitely a much harder workout than the treadmill, but definitely more interesting! When I want a more moderate, controlled workout in a predictable temperature, though, the treadmill provides that.

Just some rambling thoughts from this not really a runner person!

Emily