I can't train in the winter there is ice all over the roads. I'm also super busy with school and don't have the time to run outside everyday. Can I run 90% of my mileage on the treadmill with the proper incline and still produce my goals of 4:10 1500m and 9:10 3000m? I'm scared I will run on the treadmill and then not produce the wanted results....advice???
The best advice is to worry as much as you can. Don't jump into full time worry as you can injure yourself. But increase your weekly worry as much as you can. Remember, letsrun preaches high worry programs. Really dedicate yourself. Start doing morning worry if you can't get enough worry in your afternoon worry sessions.
Worrying as much as possible will take you to the next level.
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The best advice is to worry as much as you can. Don't jump into full time worry as you can injure yourself. But increase your weekly worry as much as you can. Remember, letsrun preaches high worry programs. Really dedicate yourself. Start doing morning worry if you can't get enough worry in your afternoon worry sessions.
Worrying as much as possible will take you to the next level.
Summer of Malmo worry training?
I ran on the treadmill all winter last year until I got back to my school and ran a 9 minute 3k so it is easily possible just run an hour at 11 mph almost everyday without workouts if you are fit from cross country you should be able to run a 9:15-9:20 3k so it is possible, just how determined you are.
Is their evidence of this? Perhaps your athlete profile found online?
you can do this but be very careful. id suggest really using this as a base and just focus on high mileage at an easy pace (try and get some of the mileage outside if you can) don't try and do any workouts on the treadmill, that's how you get injured. by the time spring comes you will have a large base. Remember to focus on the big picture, you might feel like the only way to be fast for track is to constantly run fast but it would be better if you get consistent training.
Hey, you do what you have to do. Of course you can train on the treadmill. Do something like this every day.
Base incline is 1
Every 7-8 min, raise the incline to 4-5 for 1-2 min
Then back to 1 for 7-8 min
Gradually increase the pace during this run
Every run is a progression run with some hills. You don't have to kill it every day, but the variety is good. Run an hour per day. Except when you are running 75 min or 90 min.
Ingrid Kristensen broke the marathon WR running primarily on a treadmill.
So it's possible?
Lace up your big boy shoes and run outside you weenie. You probably live in Tennessee or some place where you only think it's cold.
Go buy a pair of Salomon SpikeCross shoes. They have built in carbide tips and you can sprint on ice without slipping. I wore them all last winter including a 90 minute run the day after the major ice storm that hit southern Ontario in December of 2013.
Don't worry much, make sure you have something to entertain you while you are running and it wont be so bad. Work on mainly all base mileage, and occasionally throw out a longer tempo run (45-60 min), and a long run where you pick it up for the last 10 mins to 15k or 10k race pace if possible. The long run should be about 85 mins (75 easy, 10 hard) Make sure you warm up and cool down also
What about the 1500m? What can I run for that with the treadmill training?
Yeah I think so...
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how did you train previous years?
Runners Are Great wrote:
I ran on the treadmill all winter last year until I got back to my school and ran a 9 minute 3k so it is easily possible just run an hour at 11 mph almost everyday without workouts if you are fit from cross country you should be able to run a 9:15-9:20 3k so it is possible, just how determined you are.
11 mph every day? good god. I've run just under 9 and I couldn't imagine holding that every single day, maybe every other day.
Be careful doing high volumes of running on the treadmill. The biomechanics are not the same at all, it's easy to injure yourself and decrease improvement. Obviously this is better than nothing, but run on the road whenever you get the chance. Also, if you have access to a stationary bike I'd strongly advise cross training on one of those, prevents injuries by strengthening legs/joint tendons.
Good luck.
where in Canada is this? The ice over the roads is a myth. They salt the roads and keep them clear in virtually every city.
Unless you live in Nunavut, you can find a route free of ice or just wear spikes. No excuses.
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