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CAMCaps
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I hate the treadmill!
With it getting dark so early, I can not run outside anymore after work so I am stuck on the treadmill. Does anyone else feel like it kills your body? I am doing the same mileage, but for some reason I am always sore - like my muscles and bones hate me.
I usually dislike the treadmill, but this year the transition has been worse than usual. I hate it and I am only two weeks in. I can not wait until March when I can be done with this thing! An hour run on the treadmill feels like a 90+ minute run outdoors.
Okay - vent over.
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Posted 12/2/10 7:10 PM  |
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Re: I hate the treadmill!
Posted by CAMCaps
With it getting dark so early, I can not run outside anymore after work so I am stuck on the treadmill. Does anyone else feel like it kills your body? I am doing the same mileage, but for some reason I am always sore - like my muscles and bones hate me.
I usually dislike the treadmill, but this year the transition has been worse than usual. I hate it and I am only two weeks in. I can not wait until March when I can be done with this thing! An hour run on the treadmill feels like a 90+ minute run outdoors.
Okay - vent over.
i HATE IT..hate it. i use the one at the gym and it has a tv on it and i am still bored to death on it. i feel strangely out of control when i run on it... and no matter what i sweat like crazy running indoors. i try to make the best of it but it sux. i ran outdoors early this AM with my sister. it was dark and very cold but i was so much happier out on the road! i am so grateful to have a running buddy for those early runs b.c if i had to do the dreadmill every day i would give up running altogether! so you see, you're not alone in your dislike! hang in there....it really will be march before you know it!
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| Posted 12/2/10 9:15 PM |
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CAMCaps
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Re: I hate the treadmill!
I wish the morning was an option for me, but I teach high school - so I would be running outside at 4:30 am to get in my hour run and be ready for school. Most days I get out of school by 3:15, but it does not give me enough time to get home, get changed, and finish my run before dusk - plus I am upstate so it is more or less always 10 degrees colder here in the winter. Oh how I miss LI's moderate weather.
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| Posted 12/2/10 9:19 PM |
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missfabulous
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Re: I hate the treadmill!
I've been using it because of the cold lately (i'm a baby when it comes to winter!). I've grown accustomed to treadmill running. I like it because its alot easier on my knees than hitting the pavement.
When I get bored with the treadmill, I'l hope off it, do something else for awhile (weights or cross training) then hop back on.
I found circuit training really helps the time go by. I run warm up mile then do some weights/strength training. Go back run a faster mile. Get off and do weights again. Then I'll run another mile. Do more weights or abs. Then a cool down mile.
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| Posted 12/2/10 9:46 PM |
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Re: I hate the treadmill!
I posted this link the other day...not sure if it will "cure" the hatred, but it at least changes it up!
http://www.active.com/running/Articles/Treadmill_workouts_to_keep_life_interesting.htm?cmp=17-7461
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| Posted 12/2/10 9:47 PM |
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CAMCaps
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Re: I hate the treadmill!
It is not so much the boredom - I watch Oprah or Ellen while running, so it is usually bearable. The treadmill just kills my body. I get so sore from it.
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| Posted 12/3/10 6:30 AM |
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Re: I hate the treadmill!
Does the school you teach at have a track? Is running on the track before or after school an option? (Or at a school nearby). Seems like it would be safer and lit at least!!
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| Posted 12/3/10 6:46 AM |
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CAMCaps
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Re: I hate the treadmill!
I live 5 minutes from the school so going home is not what eats up my daylight time. It is just that it gets dark too early.
There is a track at school, but I am usually running 6-8 miles and that would be awful on a track - plus it is suppose to snow here all next week - joys of living upstate.
Maybe though I will give it a try until it gets super cold - I will run a few miles and once it gets dark I will head to the track to finish up - I know the track is lit.
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| Posted 12/3/10 10:09 AM |
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julz33
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Re: I hate the treadmill!
I am so opposite this! Running outside kills my knees. Plus I don't really have the option on running outside daily with 3 little ones at home. I have a treadmill at home so I can run while they nap or play in the playroom. I am so used to the treadmill now that it is difficult when I do run outside. Even with changing up the incline and speeds its just not comparable.
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| Posted 12/3/10 10:16 AM |
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Milerose
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Re: I hate the treadmill!
Even though it has gotten cold out I am still running outside in the dark. On Tuesday and Thursday nights 4-6 of us girls get together and run on the well lit roads! It's not bad at all if you dress warm enough!
I hate the treadmill too I really do but If I have to run alone and it's dark out I jump on for an hour and it is deadly! I have the worst OCD on it I cannot concentrate on the TV so while I am running I am constantly looking around the gym seeing what's going on 
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| Posted 12/3/10 10:54 AM |
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