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    Transitioning from treadmill to roads?

    Posts: 21 Member
    edited March 4 in Fitness and Exercise
    I am currently finishing up my 6th week of a C25K derivative, and I consistently run between 5 and 6 km in a ~50 minute session on the treadmill. I know that my pace isn't the best,but my goal is to run in a 5k, and I am thinking that it may be about time to start thinking about how to transition from the treadmill to streets. Any advice?

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    • Posts: 569 Member
      watch out for dog pooh!

      Seriously though, just find a route that you think will work. I'd start with a shorter distance. I find that when I have trained in the gym a long time, and then go outside it feels harder mentally because you have to be paying a lot more attention to what's going on - roads, bikes, pooh, which way am I going.....You soon get used to it though.

      Good luck.
    • Posts: 4,158 Member
      watch out for dog pooh!

      Seriously though, just find a route that you think will work. I'd start with a shorter distance. I find that when I have trained in the gym a long time, and then go outside it feels harder mentally because you have to be paying a lot more attention to what's going on - roads, bikes, pooh, which way am I going.....You soon get used to it though.

      Good luck.

      It's not just harder mentally, you're actually doing more work when you run outside than when you run on a treadmill. I always suggest that people run outside unless they can't.
    • Posts: 4,899 Member
      Watch for creepers, pack a gun, wear reflective clothing, carry mace for dogs, don't get hit by a car, don't run in a cemetery, and don't eat after midnight
    • Posts: 1,597 Member
      I did c25k on the treadmill the first time through. Then, I did the whole program outside, on the roads. It did take some adjustment for me - I was much slower, and had to really watch the terrain (I'm all about tripping over anything with my two left feet). Good luck!
    • Posts: 1,160 Member
      I actually think it is easier mentally to run outside...
    • Posts: 2,628 Member
      I actually think it is easier mentally to run outside...

      ditto

      You can't hold on the the bars when you are outside...but a treadmill is a good substitute in bad weather.
      Watch for creepers, pack a gun, wear reflective clothing, carry mace for dogs, don't get hit by a car, don't run in a cemetery, and don't eat after midnight

      good advice
    • Posts: 572 Member
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      :laugh: I just pictured a treadmill designed to more realistically simulate an outdoor running environment, which would occasionally drop blobs of artificial poo on the belt for you to have to dodge, to keep you on your toes. :laugh:

      hahahahahah
    • Posts: 33
      Take your treadmill outside, Everyday move it a little closer to the road - then one day...
    • Posts: 76 Member
      Doing the treadmill to running outside transition too.....it's definitely different.....pacing yourself instead of relying on the belt of the treadmill to set the pace.....the resistance from wind etc.....I am only starting so on a learning curve
    • Posts: 920 Member
      I am currently finishing up my 6th week of a C25K derivative, and I consistently run between 5 and 6 km in a ~50 minute session on the treadmill. I know that my pace isn't the best,but my goal is to run in a 5k, and I am thinking that it may be about time to start thinking about how to transition from the treadmill to streets. Any advice?

      If you can spare the money I suggest going out and buying a good pair of running shoes. Your feet will love you for it. I'd suggest a pair of Brooks.
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