Had a track workout today but the track had snow all over it and even the roads were a slippery slushy mess. So I decided to do my workout on the treadmill.
It was 2x(800-600-400) with 400 jog between each.
I was 60+ seconds slower per mile on each rep. Heart rate/effort was the same! I thought the treadmill would be easier but I was going embarrassingly slow and felt like death. Everything felt like an all out sprint.
Anyone else???
I haven't done any actual workouts on a treadmill but my perceived effort and HR are always much higher on it with easy runs. I also went flying off once when I set it to 7 min pace which is ridiculous. Might just be bad luck with poorly calibrated ones, but likely it has to do with my biomechanics not responding well to the surface.
I hate how choppy it makes my stride feel, almost like all the energy I'm putting into each step just gets wasted compared to outside where it'd push me more forward. Also heat dissipation indoors is tougher for a sweaty person like me.
You're not alone. I've never understood how people found the treadmill to be easier at all.
tread is HARD wrote:
Had a track workout today but the track had snow all over it and even the roads were a slippery slushy mess. So I decided to do my workout on the treadmill.
It was 2x(800-600-400) with 400 jog between each.
I was 60+ seconds slower per mile on each rep. Heart rate/effort was the same! I thought the treadmill would be easier but I was going embarrassingly slow and felt like death. Everything felt like an all out sprint.
Anyone else???
Maybe a silly question here so forgive me, but did you have it inclined?
From personal experience sometimes workouts are a bit difficult to get into on a treadmill but usually once I get going they are fine. The nice thing about doing reps in a treadmill is that you are forced to stay on pace.
Hard to say which ones are setup right. I always feel like I'm running faster than I actually am when on a treadmill.
Most treadmills aren't calibrated correctly, especially the ones at gyms. I was getting frustrated how hard the treadmill was at my regular paces. We finally got one for our house and got a sensor for it. Turns out the treadmill speed is 0.7 mph faster than the actual speed.