Treadmill Running

[OakLeaf]

Here's something that was just in a fitness newsletter I get. I'm not a basketball player, but you get the gist:

"An hour of basketball feels like 15 minutes. An hour on a treadmill feels like a weekend in traffic school."
-- David Walters, quoted in American Senior Fitness Association Experience!

[ny biker]

Well, I don't run. But I do like a long walk.

If the weather is good I will take a walk outside. Otherwise I hit the treadmill.

I've found that in general the best way to make the time pass on any indoor cardio equipment is to do intervals. One minute harder, one minute easier. Two minutes harder, one minute easier. Five minutes harder, two minutes easier. Breaking it down makes the time pass better.

[eclectic]

My 2 cents

first off I hate the Dreadmill but I am finding it may have its advantages. I have been running on the indoor 1/8th mile track. When doing 5 miles that is a lot of corners and the inside of my lower leg has been sore. So I may alternate between treadmill and track if the direction on the track is the same for my running days.

Also I am pretty sure I will use it when I start intervals and tempo in a week or 2. There is no way I would be able to pace myself on the track.

I am waiting for the snow and ice to go away so I can't get outside - The weather has been beautiful but we can't even run on the street. We have had so much snow that 4 lane roads are down to 2.5 and 3 lane roads are barely 2 and the 2 lane roads cars wait for one to go through because they are about 1.5 lanes - No room for runners and do you think people have shovelled their walks? ? ? ? ?

[Jolt]

My 2 cents

first off I hate the Dreadmill but I am finding it may have its advantages. I have been running on the indoor 1/8th mile track. When doing 5 miles that is a lot of corners and the inside of my lower leg has been sore. So I may alternate between treadmill and track if the direction on the track is the same for my running days.

Also I am pretty sure I will use it when I start intervals and tempo in a week or 2. There is no way I would be able to pace myself on the track.

I am waiting for the snow and ice to go away so I can't get outside - The weather has been beautiful but we can't even run on the street. We have had so much snow that 4 lane roads are down to 2.5 and 3 lane roads are barely 2 and the 2 lane roads cars wait for one to go through because they are about 1.5 lanes - No room for runners and do you think people have shovelled their walks? ? ? ? ?

Wow, your indoor track is that big? You're lucky. The one I use is 1/17 mile!! And that's the bigger of the two I have to pick from. As for the snow and ice, I can relate. We have quite a bit of it here too and it makes it less than safe to run outside!

[eclectic]

Wow, your indoor track is that big? You're lucky. The one I use is 1/17 mile!! And that's the bigger of the two I have to pick from. As for the snow and ice, I can relate. We have quite a bit of it here too and it makes it less than safe to run outside!

1/17 of a mile do you get dizzy going round and round and round. Doesn't that bother the inside of your legs? I ran on our indoor school track here at work, it is 1/14th of a mile and it drove me crazy. I bet you can't wait to get outside!
We are lucky here, we have 2 indoor tracks that are 1/8 mile, they Y (they just built on and expanded the track) and the University Dome is just about always open to the public and it is FREE! In the summer they leave their track open until late afternoon so anyone can run on it and the surface is awesome.
For being a little city in the middle of nowhere we aren't so bad off.
So I really can't complain about having nowhere to run I just need the motivation

[Jolt]

1/17 of a mile do you get dizzy going round and round and round. Doesn't that bother the inside of your legs? I ran on our indoor school track here at work, it is 1/14th of a mile and it drove me crazy. I bet you can't wait to get outside!
We are lucky here, we have 2 indoor tracks that are 1/8 mile, they Y (they just built on and expanded the track) and the University Dome is just about always open to the public and it is FREE! In the summer they leave their track open until late afternoon so anyone can run on it and the surface is awesome.
For being a little city in the middle of nowhere we aren't so bad off.
So I really can't complain about having nowhere to run I just need the motivation

Actually the 1/17 mile track hasn't been too bad although I have only gotten up to 20 minutes on it since I am working on transitioning to running barefoot or in Vibram Five Fingers. The other (smaller and slanted) track seems to bother the outside of my left leg a bit sometimes. Almost in the IT band area but I think it's just the vastus lateralis muscle and not the ITB. So I think I will just stop using that track and stick to the other one even though that Y is further away and the people can be snootier there than at mine. I definitely can't wait to get outside!! This whole barefoot thing is going to be hard when it's cold though I did just get a pair of VFFs that are like a neoprene bootie and will be warmer (they were also very cheap as that model has been discontinued). Now I just need some toe socks to go with them, because they have some stitching that feels rough against the top of the foot/front of the ankle and besides the socks would add warmth. I can't wait to be able to do a nice trail run...

[HandleBars]

I run on the treadmill most of the time because I like that I can see my exact distance, pace and time. I also noticed that I am more motivated to push myself at the gym as opposed to running outside. The treadmill is also easier on my body (I get shin splints) and because I PAY quite a bit for my gym membership.

With that said, I really want to run some races this summer so I will need to get some outdoor running time in as well...

[Pedal Wench]

From the website I write for (I didn't write this one)

http://dvice.com/archives/2009/06/green-treadmill.php