What would posess someone to count that high as you are running? I have ran for around 80:00 indoors before but got tired of counting after about 20 laps. Maybe that is just my adhd kicking in but did all of you above actually count all of those?
What would posess someone to count that high as you are running? I have ran for around 80:00 indoors before but got tired of counting after about 20 laps. Maybe that is just my adhd kicking in but did all of you above actually count all of those?
wilson wrote:
What would posess someone to count that high as you are running? I have ran for around 80:00 indoors before but got tired of counting after about 20 laps. Maybe that is just my adhd kicking in but did all of you above actually count all of those?
Yep-all 600.
SI wrote:
wilson wrote:What would posess someone to count that high as you are running? I have ran for around 80:00 indoors before but got tired of counting after about 20 laps. Maybe that is just my adhd kicking in but did all of you above actually count all of those?
Yep-all 600.
...and I will concede that it was kind of a pain-not something that I have duplicated in almost 20 years-don't care what it's like outside. But how about this-another guy I run with periodically can tell me how many left foot strikes it is to run various distances and routes in my hometown. Now that is crazy.
what's the most you've ever done on a treadmill?
sour wrote:
what's the most you've ever done on a treadmill?
20 miles-once!
My brother did 20mi once on a treadmill at a resort where he worked because of a raging snowstorm outside, and needing to get it in training for Boston. I think I remember reading that Ken Martin used to do this all the time, didn't he? In the dark, if I remember right. Man, talk about mental mush by the time you're done. Just 8mi on one does me brain damage.
Lucien Rosa, former track coach at UW-Parkside in Kenosha, used to run 10-12 miles at around 5:30 pace around the 12-lap indoor "track" which was actually just a basketball gym with some cones at the turns. He was in 2:10-2:12 shape before Montreal, but Sri Lanka boycotted.
225 laps around the YMCA indoor fitness track in Bismarck, ND (around 15 laps/mile wunning in the outside lane but gentling the turns by cutting inside and back out on every turn).
i did 6mi (48 laps) yesterday morning, 16 (128)last night. it sucked, but sometimes it's all about the story.
if any of my athletes are reading, "hi."
oh- and i did 22 on the treadmill a week ago sunday.
I remember Kevin Collins telling me he has done marathons on treadmills and long runs (over 20 milers) on a 200m indoor track. He is about 95% toughness/5% insane though. If every US runner had his work ethic we would win every medal at the Olympics....
They had indoor marathons in 1908-10 (fastest, I think, was 2:36:55 By Thure Johansson, 1910 at 69thSt Armory(160y track? =288.4 laps?) If there was enough money, there could still be indoor marathons. Not a great spectator event ..but maybe they could schedule it to finish as first event of a big indoor meet(have some field events going on while they do last 6 miles?) - fans could decide how much of it they want to see, and show up at the right time. I'm serious.(but I'm not a marathoner)
Damm, Then how come I never won one.
as have i its 27:? i think.
In MIchigan, if you're training for a spring marathon and your 25 mile run falls on a day when it's 5F and icy/snowy, your choices are:
a]Go out in the elements and "be tough" and get a slow, shitty, miserable 25 miler in
b]Use your treadmill and destroy the deck/tread (like i've done 2X)
c]Go to the indoor track. I work in Ann Arbor. UM has a nice track open to the public (for a fee) til 1PM. It's 200M.
I always choose "c" nowadays. Big deal. You go run 210 laps. It's a pleasant temp, has a shitter and a water fountain. Has gotten me excellent results on many occasions.
one time i got to 100 min, and the treadmill automatically shut off. it must have thought i left and forgot to turn it off or something, even though i was still running on it.
as for indoor tracks, only 22, it was a 2 mile race in high school.
whats the fee?
Like $50 for November-March. Totally worth it. Excellent venue for winter speed work also.
wilson wrote:
What would posess someone to count that high as you are running? I have ran for around 80:00 indoors before but got tired of counting after about 20 laps. Maybe that is just my adhd kicking in but did all of you above actually count all of those?
86, on a 10.5 laps to a mile, then i finished my run on a treadmill
if u have a watch that has a lap count, u dont have to count just push a button
ok... but what I want to know is the most number of lap *dances* on an indoor track.... hell yeah!!