Is it possible to run faster on a treadmill than what the MPH is set at?

you are running at the treadmill calibrated speed provided the belt moves at that constant speed.

You're always running at however fast the treadmill belt is moving regardless of cadence. So in your case 7:30.

though I suppose you could re-gear the mechanics so that the treadmill moves faster than its indicated speed....probably not a market for after-market treadmill parts so you'd probably have to fabricate the new gear.

1) Set incline to max

2) Set MPH to max

3) Run faster than the belt

4) Take flight.

What does cadence have to do with it unless you know your stride length? Accept that the treadmill is different and stop worrying about it. Unless you are doing important winter races you are just tryin to maintain fitness or get in some base. I am assuming the weather there is not so good, so what choice do you have? Just train dammit.

Only if the treadmill is on a cruise liner

crosstrainingsucksthebigone wrote:

If you set a TM speed to whatever, do you not have to adjust your cadence to match that speed? If, for example: you set a calibrated TM to 8.0 MPH ((about 7:30 (& ave cadence of 181) pace w/o incline adjustments)), and then run at a cadence which equals your track MPH (185-7:15 pace), are you running at 7:30 pace or 7:15 pace? Or...am I just wasting my Time with this crossover schit?

If you're running with a faster cadence, you're either shortening your stride or running off the treadmill.

you can do some short surges...

Wait, is this helicopter on a treadmill or some shit?

This is the correct answer!

The real question is, can the airplane take off?

Most gym treadmills go up to around 20km/h (12.4mph). If you want to run faster than 7:30 pace then just turn it up?

Also FYI treadmill is not cross training unless you are a cyclist or something.

megaranation wrote:

The real question is, can the airplane take off?

True. And if you point the treadmill due east, you're actually going 500 - 1000 mph, depending on your latitude, which should give you adequate lift.

sc42 wrote:

megaranation wrote:

The real question is, can the airplane take off?

True. And if you point the treadmill due east, you're actually going 500 - 1000 mph, depending on your latitude, which should give you adequate lift.

You have to add 66,000 mph to that due to the orbital speed.

If the treadmill is sitting on the back of a truck that is moving faster than the treadmill's MPH setting then it should be quite easy.

Watch out for speed bumps though - could get messy.

The earth is rotating at 1,000 mph, while it is revolving around the sun at 67,000 mph, but then the sun, taking with it the solar system, is moving at about 45,000 mph toward Lambda Herculis (rising up above the plane of the Milky Way galaxy). Now, the universe is also expanding and if you measure our speed by reference to how fast we are moving from a distant object, then an object 10 megaparsecs removed from us would be moving at roughly 742 km/s relative to us, or we to it.

Rupp on TM after 3:50 mile...very insain!!

http://www.flotrack.org/coverage/250010-2013-BU-Terrier-Invitational/video/688534-Galen-Rupp-post-350-mile-indoor-tempo#.Vi_dhq6rS7M

Impressive, but surely not very necessary. What is he trying to achieve there? He has just run an all out mile as hard as he could. A long run to recover, getting some miles and the blood flowing is surely better than doing some weird sprints on the treadmill.

Looks like over training to me.