Re: Road Running - Making the Transition

John B. wrote:
> There are two fundamental differences between road running and
> treadmill running. One is that the road doesn't move under your feet,
> so some additional exertion is required at push-off. The second is
> that, when running outside, you're running through air and that creates
> some resistance. On a treadmill, you're running in place so that
> doesn't happen.

True, but that wind also provides cooling that is not present in the
treadmill (unless you are using a fan). When I run on the treadmill I
sweat a lot at a pretty constant rate, however when I run outside I
sweat moderately while running and sweat much more in the first few
minutes after I stop, when there is no colling effect from the wind and
I haven't actually cooled down yet. Hmm... I may not be doing enough of
a cool down...

> For me, there's no comparison between X miles at X minutes per mile on
> a TM and the same pace and distance on the road. The former is much
> easier.

When I first started out I also found the treadmill much easier. But now
I find that for X miles at X minutes I prefer the road... if only
because of the changing scenery.

--
Ylan

"The universe is not required to be in
perfect harmony with human ambition"
- Attributed to Carl Sagan
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