completed my first 1/2 marathon on the elliptical machine

Chuck1963

Yep, 13 miles in 2 hrs 43 minutes. Other than my feet being a bit sore I feel great! I've done many 10 miles runs on the elliptical and figured I might as well go for 13 this morning.

I've been a member since Jan, this year but have posted only a few times, just replies to others. I felt this was worthy of it's own topic though.

indycello

Awesome! I did 1.5 today and was proud! I get bored too easily. I know I could do an hour if I wanted but I stop too soon.

ashleynicoleh04

WTG!!!

Holton

Quite impressed. I go about 50 minutes on the elliptical, but my feet go numb!

Dreamerlove

Tha's awesome!!!!!!!!! Will you run a 1/2 marathon now??? How many cals did you burn????

SKismet

WOW! I'm completely amazed by that idea.... Last time I got on an elliptical, I had a hard time doing it for 5 minutes, let alone nearly 3 hours! lol

oneplusdog

Well done you. That's awesome. I'm doing C25k on the elliptical trainer and yesterday did my first 5k, but 13 miles, wow.

Christine1110

Quite impressed. I go about 50 minutes on the elliptical, but my feet go numb!

Mine too : )

Chuck1963

Tha's awesome!!!!!!!!! Will you run a 1/2 marathon now??? How many cals did you burn????

I've never run on the road, don't know if my knees would like that but I plan on hitting the road when it gets warming here in mid Michigan. I burned 2342 calories according to my Polar F11 HRM.

Chuck1963

Quite impressed. I go about 50 minutes on the elliptical, but my feet go numb!

I use two pairs of running shoes and run backwards every so often to combat the numbness. My elliptical machine timer maximum setting is 99 minutes and when it times out I jump off, do the fastest shoe change possible then jump back on and rest the time for another 99 minutes. It only takes me about 30 seconds to change shoes so I don't loose my momentum.

Dreamerlove

Quite impressed. I go about 50 minutes on the elliptical, but my feet go numb!

I use two pairs of running shoes and run backwards every so often to combat the numbness. My elliptical machine timer maximum setting is 99 minutes and when it times out I jump off, do the fastest shoe change possible then jump back on and rest the time for another 99 minutes. It only takes me about 30 seconds to change shoes so I don't loose my momentum.

holy cow! I pretty much only run on the road, and run 4x a week and sundays run 6 miles. I'm training to run a 1/2 marathon. I think its all mental. So if you can run 2 hours on a treadmill ( when all there is to look at is..time) you will do JUST fine mentally telling your knees they are ok. running outdoors is amazing. So much easier on your brain, because then you just run for your body. on a treadmill you tend to watch that clock. This is how i am any way...and I am ADD.

Athena413

As far as road running vs machine running...machine running is easier because there aren't any hills...but a physical therapist and several other more experienced runners I know all say that machines are actually worse on your knees. Not sure why, though. Just make sure if you do hit the roads that you have the right shoe for your foot. We have a running store here in town that does free gait analysis and fits you to the perfect shoe for your foot. As soon as I got good shoes, my knee problems went away almost immediately!!

biellas

That's awesome Chuck! I do my running on the elliptical too. So far the longest I've gone is 1h 45 mins. I only have one pair of running shoes but use some of the same tricks like going backwards to give my feet a break. I wish I knew what my distance was...I have a Proform and it only shows the distance in rpm or total rotations.

What do you do to keep yourself focused or fight boredom?

Chuck1963

That's awesome Chuck! I do my running on the elliptical too. So far the longest I've gone is 1h 45 mins. I only have one pair of running shoes but use some of the same tricks like going backwards to give my feet a break. I wish I knew what my distance was...I have a Proform and it only shows the distance in rpm or total rotations.

What do you do to keep yourself focused or fight boredom?

I watch movies to fight the boredom.

kacarter1017

Great job!! Inspirational....

keepkickingbutt

That is SO AWESOME!!!! An inspiration to us all! Keep up the amazing work!

chica1971

Hi there!!
I have just joined this site and joined purely based on this post. I am training to run a full 42km marathon on an elliptical this October to raise money for charity. I ran 17.7km last weekend.... been training for a couple of months now. I was interested in your strategies for avoiding foot numbness..... never thought of changing shoes!! I'd love to know how you are going with your elliptical training now!
Cheers
Cathy