Couch to 5K on treadmill vs. outdoors

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  • PennWalker
    PennWalker Posts: 554 Member
    edited March 2017
    caramel827 wrote: »
    I started Couch to 5K four weeks ago. I usually walk 5Ks at a leisurely pace and say my goal is complete- not to compete. I will keep that goal even while jogging but here is my issue.

    I live in Ohio and right now the weather is up and down. I do NOT like to be outdoors in the cold. Ever. but recognizing 5Ks are outdoors I have run into a problem. When I do Couch to 5K on the treadmill I can get through each daily routine but when I go outside I get so winded! I am at a duration of five minutes and inside I can push through. Outside not so much. I find myself tired and stopping.... which upsets me.

    A friend told me to make sure my incline is up high which I have been doing. I don't run fast on the treadmill or outside. 4.5 at the most just a jog.

    Any tips?! I feel like I won't make it!!

    I'm a beginning runner too. I live in Pennsylvania where we also have very snowy winters.

    One thing that I discovered by accident that helps my endurance is jogging in place (or jogging at over a short distance, like around my living room). I started to do this in my house because it was too icy to drive to the gym or walk/run outside. I find some music I like on youtube that will last about an hour (you have to stop to click off the ads) -- right now I'm listening to fast paced Spanish guitar but anything else would work. When I was able to finally drive through the ice to the gym, I was surprised that my endurance had gone up a lot.
  • browsingchiklet
    browsingchiklet Posts: 13 Member
    mayafit405 wrote: »
    It might have to do with the surfaces. A treadmill has a softer more even consitancy than say cement or dirt . I would mix it up

    That's what I do, if the weather is decent, I do one day outside, one day on the treadmill, and have a rest day. It will take me longer to get through the program. I thought I would hate the treadmill, but I have learned to tolerate it. My pace is faster than when I am outside, but on my outside days I just cut back the pace a bit so I don't get frustrated. Soon enough, we will be all be able to run outside :)


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