Treadmill or Track

[ummbnb]

So I joined the rec center last night and did 30 on the treadmill. I had really horrible shin pain! Any ideas what I might have been doing to cause that? I've not had shin issues in eons.

I switched over to the elliptical which was certainly better on my legs, or so it seemed.

[deidre]

So I joined the rec center last night and did 30 on the treadmill. I had really horrible shin pain! Any ideas what I might have been doing to cause that? I've not had shin issues in eons.

I switched over to the elliptical which was certainly better on my legs, or so it seemed.

I set the treadmill to an incline of 1. Before I started doing that, my ankles and knees bothered me as soon as I started running on the treadmill. I found that having a small incline (for me it's a 1 but .5 might work for some) on the treadmill feels much better to me.

I am not sure why but my thinking is that the incline is a bit closer to the unevenness of the road, which may be more of a natural feeling to my body than a flat, even surface.