Running on treadmills is boring
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audiobooks or podcasts are what I would use rather than music - that way you are following a story. But right now i'm running outside and don't listen to anything apart from the noise of the world. I have my regular runners and walkers to say hi to, and at weekends I run aimlessly through the woods so my pace is constantly changing as I am side-stepping puddles or rocks.
It's the constant pace that kills me with a treadmills. Get outside if you can. When it gets darker and colder I'll be back in the gym switching to Stronglifts 5x5 with only runs at the weekends.0 -
randileethomas wrote: »Any tips for longer distance running? I can't seem to stay on the treadmill for more than 20 minutes, if I'm jogging/running I get tired and need to stop if I'm walking I just get plain bored lol. Any tips so I can stay on the treadmill longer?? I would love for 3 miles to be my normal run. Can't seem to get past 2 miles and that's like a good run for me.
Did anyone mention that running outside isn't boring? No? Well let me tell you.....
ETA: Seriously. I don't even use headphones. So much entertainment outside. You can do a 4 hour run and never be bored.
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3dogsrunning wrote: »Run outside?
For me the only thing that helps on the treadmill is to run intervals. I am playing more attention to the time left in the interval than I am to how long I've been on.
+1 Treadmills bore me to death (I'll use mine in winter if there's freezing rain but that's about it....) have you considered running/walking outside?
As to increasing your distance it's simply a matter of being consistent and building up gradually (and probably slowing down a little). When I started running I could barely get around the block with thinking I was going to die, now I run half-marathons and Olympic distance duathlons (it'll be triathlons if I got off my butt and worked on my swimming....)
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I watch TV series. Game of Thrones is the best,nothing like watching an arm or something get lopped off to distract one from treadmill boredom.0
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randileethomas wrote: »Any tips for longer distance running? I can't seem to stay on the treadmill for more than 20 minutes, if I'm jogging/running I get tired and need to stop if I'm walking I just get plain bored lol. Any tips so I can stay on the treadmill longer?? I would love for 3 miles to be my normal run. Can't seem to get past 2 miles and that's like a good run for me.
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Outside for me, not only are treadmills boring but I tend to get a little dizzy after a while.0
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At my advanced age, I'm still and outside dog and only use treadmills in cases of inclement weather.0
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I can run a 5k easily outside, I can only run like half a mile on a treadmill because it's so boring and makes it so much harder. I can also run faster outside.0
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Walking outside is more fun but since it'll be 101 today when I leave work, I'll be inside watching TV or a movie. Action movies, if you like those like Die Hard help alot too. I realized that in the cinema room at Gold's Gym (when I used to go), if a good movie is on I could watch it twice without realizing how much I was doing or how long I was on0
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I can run a 5k easily outside, I can only run like half a mile on a treadmill because it's so boring and makes it so much harder. I can also run faster outside.
Ditto. I run and train for half marathons. I love long distance running, and have become pretty good and just running, and running, and running. An hour and a half run goes by painlessly and pleasurably. Put me on a treadmill however and I just cannot run with the same speed or tempo that I can outside. Running a 5K on treadmill might as well be a marathon if you ask me. Kinda makes me want to cry too.
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I read on my tablet on the treadmill, which a lot of people think is batkitten crazy, but it works very well for me. I just increase the font size a bit and go to town. It was a godsend over the winter when I was training for my first half marathon and stuck inside a lot (I live in a harsh northern climate with limited daylight in winter and in a very urban area where I don't usually run outside at night for my own safety.)
I love it though, I get a ton of uninterrupted time to plow through novels and I'm capable of staying on the treadmill for two hours with a good book.
Audiobooks are a good option too, and storyline apps like Zombies, Run! that play you short segments of episodic stories with your music between. It's very motivating to me to finish a "mission" or whatever, plus then I can kind of tell "oh, two segments left, I'm almost done", which is helpful.
I also always throw a towel over the numbers so I can't watch them tick by. Helps me a lot mentally.1 -
Treadmill is my guilt free TV time.1
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i save a series to watch on my phone. i don't allow myself to watch the series unless i am on the treadmill.0
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Winter time only.. binge watch Netflix shows. I have to run outside or I am not happy!
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Podcasts are great, too. I can just listen, no screen to watch bouncing around, but my iPad is the best for that stuff. Phone is too small...0
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