Shoe Review: Treadmill training/Day 7

Shoe Review: Treadmill training/Day 7

I am NOT a huge fan of running on a treadmill for training purposes but when the weather is not so great you have to do what you have to do!! I needed to get in a 40-50 minute run for my Marathon training program and the weather was pretty damp and cool. Not good running outside weather at all. So, needless to say I jumped on the treadmill and went to work. I maintained a continuous pace of 3.5 walking and 4.0 running utilizing the incline abilities of the treadmill to simulate hills I would be encountering on the race course. I am scheduled to run another 1/2 Marathon in June which is hilly as well.

One of the reasons I do not like running on a treadmill is it is harder to simulate running outside because the treadmill does a lot of the work for you and you don't know if the pacing is actually correct. The treadmill I used showed the pace of 3.5 as a 17.5 minute mile and the 4.0 pace as a 15 minute per mile pace. I am not sure if those are totally correct. I guess I could just bite the bullet and stop being a wimp and run in the cold and rain but man, I don't really like it. Until I decide to go totally hard core in my running and racing regime I will let my inner wimp come out and deal with treadmill running for part of my training. Some of the best runners out there are treadmill runners as well!!

My Karhu's are still holding strong and I continue to enjoy wearing them whether I am running outside or on the treadmill!!

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