Treadmill vs. outside running - BBC programme

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tonyp2604 Jan 2016 8:15pm, 27 Jan 2016 290 posts	0 tonyp2604 Yes.
Hills of Death (HOD) Jan 2016 8:17pm, 27 Jan 2016 31,758 posts	0 Hills of Death (HOD) I can down load on I player the wife is watch bake off JOY !!!! But then I have multi room
tonyp2604 Jan 2016 8:19pm, 27 Jan 2016 291 posts	0 tonyp2604 I will be consigned to spare room with small TV while Mrs. Watches bloody middle class murders.
Hills of Death (HOD) Jan 2016 8:57pm, 27 Jan 2016 31,759 posts	0 Hills of Death (HOD) In the most dangerous village in the world
Gobi Jan 2016 9:24pm, 27 Jan 2016 57,772 posts	0 Gobi I actually LIKE the treadmill
idio Jan 2016 9:32pm, 27 Jan 2016 24,908 posts	0 idio I don't mind the treadmill, I just stick my headphones in and run.
Velociraptor Jan 2016 10:14pm, 27 Jan 2016 33,384 posts	0 Velociraptor I went out running while the programme was on I have a treadmill at home and I enjoy running on it and would use it more than I do were it not for one of the problems mentioned in the article - my achilles tendons don't appreciate the repetitive movement on the bouncy surface. But when the weather is so bad that running outside would be miserable or dangerous it's great to have the option. Having resisted for a while, my son is currently doing most of his running on the treadmill. I'm quite pleased, because it's dark when he gets home from work and although I feel safe running outdoors after dark myself I worry about VP being seen as fair game for heckling by the local neds and not knowing how to handle it.
Dillthedog57 Jan 2016 10:22pm, 27 Jan 2016 142 posts	0 Dillthedog57 I am staying in a hotel for a couple of days, so was on the treadmill today. The gym was like a sauna, so it was really tough, and I don't really trust the speedo on them. I tend to run at a heart rate for a given time. I know what speed a heart rate gives me, so can work out how far I have gone if it had been out there with the 3d people. Or is that cheating?
Wooters Jan 2016 10:25pm, 27 Jan 2016 4,174 posts	0 Wooters Many years ago I mainly, only, ran on treadmills at the gym, I then left said gym so had to start running on the road, since then I've never looked back. Despite the weather I now always run on the road. Be it rain, wind, snow or ice, I'm out there doing it.
The_Saint Jan 2016 12:40am, 28 Jan 2016 5,797 posts	0 The_Saint If I had the view that every training run had to be a magical mystery tour of delight and wonderment and there was no element of developing and maintaining running fitness then maybe I could begin to understand the treadmillophobia but even then I still can't get past the issue that nobody is holding a gun to anyone's head to use one. I can't remember the last time I used one but they are still a useful tool.