Treadmill Runners in the Winter - How do you do it?

Runner5AbelTownship

Do hill work or random intervals.

sjp_511

I have never done a long run (more than 1 hour) on a treadmill.

In past winters, I would alternate treadmill running days with spinning classes throughout the week. Then on Saturday (or sometimes Sunday) I would get a long run in outside.

Since last winter, I have cancelled my gym membership, moved, and bought a treadmill. I run with a friend on an indoor track after work a few days a week (I am lucky to have an indoor track available at no cost). I also mix my routine up with workout videos. When I do use the treadmill I watch TV. I still try to get outside as much as possible (limited mostly till weekends until there are more hours of daylight).

VanillaBeanSeed

For me its all about the music. I put on good tunes and get totally lost in thought with it.

marko320

Running is boring. I try and mix it up with the eliptical and other cardio equipment at the gym.

I prefer the treadmill to the great outdoors though. The climate is always the same and I am less likely to fold an ankle by stepping in a hole or off the edge of the sidewalk. I'm also less likely to be killed by a motorist who is on an important call.

In addition to running/jogging, I also like to stride walk uphill for extended periods. That's way easier on a treadmill since I'm a flatlander. I listen to music and people watch at the gym to make the time move faster.

WalkingAlong

Check out the guided interval workouts on cardiocoach.com. I love them.

Or an audiobook if I want to just zone out. Or the tv.

NRSPAM

I think tricking myself works best. I just tell myself I'm only gonna do 10-15min's, and once I get started I usually always go longer.

asilmegan34

Wow thanks everyone for the respones. I didnt even know there was a thing called Yaktrax, so I am going to look into those so I can run outdoors as well as indoors. I run over my lunch hour now in a gym at my work, but getting the mileage higher and higher, I won't be able to fit it in to my hour lunch period. There's a gym that is only $10 a month and no monthly commitment and has epic TV's in there as well as a cinema room, so maybe I can use that too to pass the time till its warm enough to go outside. Thanks everyone!

stumblinthrulife

Cold is nothing! Get Yaktrax and run outside. I'm just outside St. Louis and it was -2° F here this morning.Yes, that is ice on my beard.

ltkl7

I do the majority of my running on a treadmill and I find by changing the speed or incline every minute, I can make an hour go by very fast.

BrianSharpe

Cold is nothing! Get Yaktrax and run outside. I'm just outside St. Louis and it was -2° F here this morning.Yes, that is ice on my beard.

This is cold weather running (about -25C) :laugh: :laugh:

Hiker_Rob

learn a new language?

@lgutches Now there is a great idea!!

just_Jennie1

Cold is nothing! Get Yaktrax and run outside. I'm just outside St. Louis and it was -2° F here this morning.Yes, that is ice on my beard.

I just got frostbite looking at that picture.

Heck to the NO!

I'm in CT and while it was a whopping 5 degrees the "feel like" was -15. I almost froze to death going out on my porch to get more wood for the stove!! :laugh:

Seriously though I applaud anyone who can get geared up and out in the cold to exercise. I'm not a fan of the cold. Never mind the fact that my roads are rarely plowed and sanded and there are huge potholes that can swallow a compact car that you can't see beneath the snow.

stumblinthrulife

Cold is nothing! Get Yaktrax and run outside. I'm just outside St. Louis and it was -2° F here this morning.Yes, that is ice on my beard.

This is cold weather running (about -25C) :laugh: :laugh:

goodbyefreshman15

Music or audiobooks or Netflix! (my phone supports netflix so I just bring it to the treadmill with me!)

celtbell3

I don't - I detest and loath the treadmill. They mess up my knees and gait. I just layer up, go outside, and pray I don't get hit!