Treadmill or Dreadmill?
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Dread. I don't enjoy running anyway, and the treadmill hurts my knees. I run one race per year for charity and it's time to train forit, but I hate treadmill running.0
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I love it. constant temp- not too hot or cold. I hit it and everyone leaves me alone while I watch non-kid appropriate television (love cop shows).0
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I love my treadmill! I read on my Kindle and do 15k steps on it. I get to visit other worlds while on my treadmill and I love it. Then when DH comes home we go walking outside for 45 minutes.0
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I love my treadmill. After the first couple of minutes, I hit a sort of meditative state that makes the time fly by - even without music or television, though the addition of those things doesn't suck.
Outside, there are too many distractions to hit that kind of state, and while I do enjoy walking outside, there's just something about my treadmill time that makes it feel like it's "just for me."0 -
I like the treadmill because it is mindless. Just set it and forget it. I bring my phone, put on something from YT, and watch for the next 25-35 minutes. I can also let my mind wander off. Time seems to pass fairly quickly for me on it.0
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Dreadmill. I can think of few things I hate more.
Although I live in Vancouver where the worst weather we get is monsoon, so I don't have weather challenges to deal with. I might change my mind if I lived somewhere cold.0 -
runnerchick69 wrote: »Last Sunday I ran my fourth marathon and a good majority of my training runs were on the treadmill. With snow and ice there wasn't much of a choice most weekends so I put in some movies, watched TV and did whatever necessary to get through it. Two of my four 20 milers were on the treadmill so I proved to myself I'm pretty tough
This is me, too. I usually run Tuesdays and Thursdays on the treadmill because I get up before sunrise and don't like running in the dark. Reasons include distrust of drivers, wildlife (almost stepped on a skunk once) and I can't read my watch. I do my long runs outside on Saturdays.
One of the things I like about the treadmill is being able to control the speed and incline. The last tempo run I did before the Indianapolis Monumental Marathon was a pretty good indicator for the 3:46 I ran.
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hermann341 wrote: »runnerchick69 wrote: »Last Sunday I ran my fourth marathon and a good majority of my training runs were on the treadmill. With snow and ice there wasn't much of a choice most weekends so I put in some movies, watched TV and did whatever necessary to get through it. Two of my four 20 milers were on the treadmill so I proved to myself I'm pretty tough
This is me, too. I usually run Tuesdays and Thursdays on the treadmill because I get up before sunrise and don't like running in the dark. Reasons include distrust of drivers, wildlife (almost stepped on a skunk once) and I can't read my watch. I do my long runs outside on Saturdays.
One of the things I like about the treadmill is being able to control the speed and incline. The last tempo run I did before the Indianapolis Monumental Marathon was a pretty good indicator for the 3:46 I ran.
That's awesome! I was actually on my way to running my best marathon but it kind of fell apart for me. I ran in Rome last Sunday (the 22nd) and totally did not anticipate how hard running on cobblestone would be on my body. Between that and the rain I was 10 minutes off my best time but found out later the winner and leaders were also about 10 minutes off their time so that made me feel better If not for these conditions I feel like I was more prepared and better trained for this marathon than my previous three! I didn't think that would be possible but honestly I think the long treadmill runs actually helped, not hindered.
I run Tuesdays and Thursdays too. I am out about 5:30 and typically it is dark but I love running in the dark. Soon it will be light about 6am and I'll have to take my sunglasses
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runnerchick69 wrote: »Last Sunday I ran my fourth marathon and a good majority of my training runs were on the treadmill. With snow and ice there wasn't much of a choice most weekends so I put in some movies, watched TV and did whatever necessary to get through it. Two of my four 20 milers were on the treadmill so I proved to myself I'm pretty tough
Wow! 20 miles on a treadmill. I am impressed.
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I like both walking outside and the treadmill.
My husband and I are even planning to buy a treadmill soon, just in time for winter. We've been using them at the gym, but figure this will be a convenient way to get 30 or 60 min of exercise in an evening when it is dark, rainy, and cold outside.
We're also planning to pick up a rowing machine.0
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