Treadmill

keronkinara

I need to do the program on the treadmill. Next day is week 3, day 3.
I may try to add in a real life running day every week or once a fortnight for the other 9 weeks but my anxiety won't allow me to walk/run irl!\

Is there some sort of thing I could use to progress from treadmill to the road? Will it be like I've never done the programme?

fithealthygirl

I'm not going to lie, I found it difficult to transition from the treamill to outdoors. I still run on the treadmill at least once a week, but I set the incline anywhere between 1-3% to help simulate outdoor running. Good luck!

PaytraB

I also found the transition from treadmill to outdoors difficult. I trained on a treadmill over the winter and went outdoors in the spring expecting not much of a change. I could barely run 5-10 minutes. It took a few weeks to get back to where I was.
I've since learned that there is a set of muscles that propels you forward and is not trained on a treadmill. If this is true, then these muscles weren't able to keep up with the rest of the muscles.

Try running outdoors when you can and expect a bit of a set back on those days. The outdoors is much nicer than a treadmill. It's so much more interesting.

Like fithealthygirl, I also keep my treadmill incline to 1 or 2% to help simulate the outdoors. Not sure if it helps because my legs are still not propelling me forward but, if nothing else, it builds stamina for up hill runs a little bit.

You're doing well. Keep running. It'll all fall into place.