Running: Treadmills or Outdoors?

ColoradoCountryGal
ColoradoCountryGal Posts: 127
in Fitness and Exercise
What do you prefer? Which do you think benefits you more? I'm a fan of both I just like opinions!:)
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  • RockWarrior84
    RockWarrior84 Posts: 840 Member
    I like outdoors, easier to set my own pace and you get some elevation change. Not ot mention fresh air seems to make it better then in a hot gym.
  • Sinisterly
    Sinisterly Posts: 10,913 Member
    Both.
    I have a bad left foot and bad right knee.
    Sometimes, I can handle outside.. But after a while, the uneven roads/rocks/etc hurt, so I have to use an even surface.. The treadmill.
  • brianpperkins
    brianpperkins Posts: 6,124 Member
    Outdoors.
  • RockWarrior84
    RockWarrior84 Posts: 840 Member
    Both.
    I have a bad left foot and bad right knee.
    Sometimes, I can handle outside.. But after a while, the uneven roads/rocks/etc hurt, so I have to use an even surface.. The treadmill.

    I am the opposite, hard ground hurts my knee. I prefer to run on turf or grass if i can
  • Sinisterly
    Sinisterly Posts: 10,913 Member
    Both.
    I have a bad left foot and bad right knee.
    Sometimes, I can handle outside.. But after a while, the uneven roads/rocks/etc hurt, so I have to use an even surface.. The treadmill.

    I am the opposite, hard ground hurts my knee. I prefer to run on turf or grass if i can
    Well, it's mostly my left foot that hurts because of the rocks. It's really sensitive to uneven pavement and climbing :(
    Haven't gone hiking in a while due:sad: :sad: :sad: :sad: to this!
  • fairefaerie
    fairefaerie Posts: 22 Member
    I like running on a treadmill because it pushes me harder. If I run outside, I slow down more and more, but a treadmill keeps me on pace.
  • pikanchi
    pikanchi Posts: 72 Member
    Outdoors, 100%. I'll use a treadmill if necessary (weather or constraints related to time), or if I feel the need to for specific speed work (as there are no tracks near where I live), but I find that I run better, stronger, and for longer outside, even if I'm running loops of a lake. The fresh air, and even the wind and the rain, invigorate me far more than a gym and everything that comes with it.
  • RockWarrior84
    RockWarrior84 Posts: 840 Member
    I like running on a treadmill because it pushes me harder. If I run outside, I slow down more and more, but a treadmill keeps me on pace.

    just need to live in Alaska, when the time of year you can run outdoors.....you know bears are out and about. Seriously increases run times lol
  • _Zardoz_
    _Zardoz_ Posts: 3,987 Member
    I run out doors because I'm not a hamster
  • ThinLizzie0802
    ThinLizzie0802 Posts: 863 Member
    I run out doors because I'm not a hamster

    Rude
  • Ralphone
    Ralphone Posts: 1,863 Member
    tread mill 4 miles a day i am a hamster
  • DrWhoodles
    DrWhoodles Posts: 145 Member
    The best is an actual running track, at least for me anyway. I'm also terrified of the treadmill though.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    I loath cardio machines....you will only find me on a treadmill if the weather is really bad.
  • Myhaloslipped
    Myhaloslipped Posts: 4,317 Member
    I enjoy running through my neighborhood or on the Detroit River Front. I just love the scenery. Unfortunately, I am currently stuck with the treadmill because I will definitely break bones on all of this ice!
  • theBeesKnees35
    theBeesKnees35 Posts: 17 Member
    I like outdoors, easier to set my own pace and you get some elevation change. Not ot mention fresh air seems to make it better then in a hot gym.

    completely agree! plus running outdoors gives me plenty of distractions to keep my mind from getting bored and help me get into a "zone"

    if I HAVE to run on the treadmill, I like to play with intervals to keep it interesting
  • UrbanRunner81
    UrbanRunner81 Posts: 1,207 Member
    outside, treadmill only if the weather is unbearable. I've ran in pretty cold temps and snowy/icy sidewalks.
  • RunMyOregonBunsOff
    RunMyOregonBunsOff Posts: 862 Member
    I loved my treadmill until I was running over 5 miles regularly. Now I run outside or if I can't do that I will run laps around the basketball court at the gym next to me. I don't love that but I really can't stand the treadmill anymore.
  • suppakana
    suppakana Posts: 307 Member
    Running on the treadmill is awesome for convenience and privacy, but is horribly, terribly boring. Fifteen minutes feels like an hour.

    Running outdoors? Depending on your neighborhood, and how outdoorsy you are, it's never boring. You can interact with people/animals you're going past - and I actually find that's a great way to gauge how hard I'm working. If I can barely spit out a "Hi how are you today" while I'm running past, I should probably slow down. Similarly, if talking is no problem I should probably pick up the pace.
  • shardown
    shardown Posts: 258 Member
    I do sprints on the treadmill and then once a week outside. I think once I get faster, I'll be doing my sprints outside too.
  • CallMeCupcakeDammit
    CallMeCupcakeDammit Posts: 9,377 Member
    I prefer the outdoors, but my bff bought me a one-year gym membership, so I figured I'd get as much use out of it as possible and do cardio there, too. I'm constantly in fear of tripping and falling off, though, so I feel like I have better form off the treadmill.
  • RunMyOregonBunsOff
    RunMyOregonBunsOff Posts: 862 Member
    outside, treadmill only if the weather is unbearable. I've ran in pretty cold temps and snowy/icy sidewalks.

    Me too, I took it inside for several inches of unplowed snow and also for roads covered in branches, limbs and other stuff during a huge wind storm.
  • SherryTeach
    SherryTeach Posts: 2,836 Member
    I run out doors because I'm not a hamster

    Rude

    Yes, rude. I use my treadmill in the summer because it can be 123˚ here. Come on over. I want to see you run outside in that.
  • AllonsYtotheTardis
    AllonsYtotheTardis Posts: 16,947 Member
    If I had to run on a treadmill, I wouldn't be a runner.
  • HawkeyeTy
    HawkeyeTy Posts: 681 Member
    I'm one of the people who actually LOVE the treadmill...LOVE IT.


    But when the weather is nice, I will be outside..
  • RhineDHP
    RhineDHP Posts: 1,025 Member
    I prefer running outdoors because I love looking at all the scenery. Of course if it's too hot or cold outside, I'll bite and use a treadmill.
  • watchhillgirl
    watchhillgirl Posts: 597 Member
    When cold outside the treadmill but as soon as it gets nice I am outside. Then back on the treadmill when the temp hits the high 90s or better.the. Treadmill gets pretty boring but running intervals helps break it up a bit.
  • Otterluv
    Otterluv Posts: 9,083 Member
    I trail run. The treadmill is too easy to just hop off of.
  • akern15
    akern15 Posts: 13
    I like both it just depends on what kind of mood I'm in. Or the weather. I'm a cold weather sissy.
  • Xsadia
    Xsadia Posts: 20 Member
    Treadmill for me. I love it! Throw some good tunes on....have a bit of a boogie as i'm warming down..brilliant. So long as the curtains are closed haha! xD
  • kristenmarie1212
    kristenmarie1212 Posts: 5
    i like both. i am so clumsy though i always feel like i am going to fall off of the tredmill

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