As winter finally starts to settle in, many runners use the chilly months to cross-train and experience the fun of winter sports. When she was in her running heyday, Norwegian...
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I don't understand people running on a treadmill, especially good runners. I would much rather run outside and do intervals on a track, even in bad weather and I live in Michigan. I hate running on a treadmill and the look at me gym culture.
Have you tried running on a track when there's a foot of snow on it?
No credible runner uses a treadmill, if pavements are icy, run on trail, or grass football pitches.
Literally no excuse to ever have to run on a treadmill.
And gyms are the worst collection of humans there is. None are concerned with fitness. They just want gains and insta likes. Pathetic.
You're delusional. Run on trail? Once it snows THERE ARE NO TRAILS. It's literally just multiple feet of snow. Why are you even talking when it's clear that you haven't seen an actual winter in your life?
No credible runner uses a treadmill, if pavements are icy, run on trail, or grass football pitches.
Literally no excuse to ever have to run on a treadmill.
And gyms are the worst collection of humans there is. None are concerned with fitness. They just want gains and insta likes. Pathetic.
You're delusional. Run on trail? Once it snows THERE ARE NO TRAILS. It's literally just multiple feet of snow. Why are you even talking when it's clear that you haven't seen an actual winter in your life?
I mean, you can snowshoe run. If it's packed down you can put on trail crampons and run that way too. But the point stands. I will do an easy run single digit temperatures with a few inches of fresh snow on the ground. No problem there and I think there's an argument to be made that it's good to mix up the surfaces you run on and ankle health and you gotta drive your knees more and blah blah...
But there's whole weeks where it might be too dangerous to run faster than a jog outside due to slush and ice. I say this as a young, coordinated, athletic person, not even an old geezer (yet). I can find stretches of road, sometimes just one side of a block, and I'll do intervals back and forth just to get some work in. But when that's not an option, treadmill it is.
The complaints are usually from women talking about faster male runners revving up the treadmill to 10mph, sweating profusely all over the machine, staring at women while they run intensely, making hand gestures in the air like they are celebrating the finish line of a race they just won, etc.
If you are one of these types of people at your gym, try to be more modest when you run at a quicker pace on the treadmill. Cut all the histrionics.
Sorry this didn't happen. I've never seen a complaint in 30+ years of using gyms.
Secondly 10mph is very specific. I'd argue the fatties running at 6mph sweat more than I do when I do my easy runs at 8-9mph.
My actual workout speed is more like 11-12mph. And I'm not showing off. That's what "your" cheap treadmill tops out at. If it went to 13-15 then we could seriously work out.
You can't honestly call yourself a 'good runner' if you want to do speedwork outside on black ice.
Training on a treadmill is an adaptable habit like anything else we do: You get used to it.
Most of my easy runs revolve running on trails/paths that come winter are heavily travelled and icy and choppy. For worktouts my track is under snow/ice and the roads get wet over night and turn to black ice when you're trying to workout at 5am - 7am.
I will still run outside about 3x a week in the winter but the other 5-7x will be indoors.
Saw an overweight lady pumping her arms in the air and hard-core lipsyncing/rocking her head to the music on her headphones this morning on our gym's stairstepper. I'm more worried about these types (still wouldn't complain to front desk about this though).
Maybe I'm in the wrong part of the country, but I have literally never seen the things OP is reporting. Sure I'll occasionally do a tempo a little under 6 minute mile pace on the treadmill, but I'm focusing on trying to not misstep and get bucked off that thing. I don't have the energy to stare down women/try to intimidate other gymgoers when im trying to maintain a pace for 20-30 that's challenging for me. Plus I'm usually a little intimidated myself by that one weightlifter with psychopathic eyes staring down everyone else. I'd have to imagine this is basically the same story for the majority of the runner types that would do a workout in the gym.
Some runners need validation when running in inclement weather. Just like those runners who think they're hardcore because they wear shorts when it's 30 outside. If people are looking at you it's because they think you're an idiot.
In that case I go to an indoor track for speed work. Otherwise I run outside no matter how much snow there is.
"I'm so tough, I never use a treadmill! I just use an indoor track!" lmao
No indoor track access here, bud. I'd kill to hop on an indoor track for my workouts, way easy than the boring-ass treadmill. You Michaganders are soft.
