Hi all - I have been running for about six months and am looking/hoping to do a half marathon at the end of October. While I obviously enjoy training on the road I also enjoy the treadmill at my gym.Is this good/bad practice? anybody else experiencing this dilema? What proportion of each is advisable?
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Beth
That said running inside is a reasonable substitute and certainly better than not running at all. After all Ingreid Kristiansen set a marathon world record after running through the Norwegian winter on a treadmill.
Hope this helps
Michelle x
When i did finally take the plunge I gave myself a bit of a shock!
The change in running surface made the the following few days pretty painful!
I also found pacing my outside run to be quite difficult as on the machine this is taken out of your hands.
one advantage I find with the treadmill is that after doing a few long runs at room/gym temeratures running outside when it is warmer becomes much easier.Hydration for treadmill runners is crucial as you will lose buckets of sweat during a long indoor effort(nice).
I would say do a bit of both and like Mowgli says,speed sessions are much easier to control on the treadmill.
I've got used to it now after only a week.
However I use the t/mill once or twice a week (i run 5 or 6 times), for specific sessions, usually intervals.It is much easier to accurately run reps on the machine as it (a) measures distance and (b) measures speed.(This assumes you don't have easy access to a track).
Also like to use the t/mill for short threshold runs (so maybe 3 miles at 5k pace)
or sometimes do my hill programme on them.
As I said I've not been injured and consequently feel the t/mill is a benefit to my training regimen.I do , however prefer the road for mixed pace,steady and long runs.(I couldn't stand more than an hour of treadmill training.....)
Is that the one there is trouble at?
Bloody hell ,im unfit
I find 1% hard
By the way - shin splints are microfractures of the shin (tibia) and are bloody sore (can ruin any running for months!)
However, muscles attach to these bones by tendons and you can get inflammation of these tendons, causing pain on the shin.
If you are not sure if you have them or not, a sports physio will know. Shin splints can only be accurately diagnosed by MRI scan as these fractures rarely show up on x-ray.
I try and do my speed sessions on the traedmill, and long sessions when im wussy about the weather or heckling
Keep going diana