Mo Farah ran a 20 miler on a treadmill today

Equates to about a half marathon for mortals.

One of those Greeneville, SC development groups posted a couple of their athletes doing 22 mile long runs on the treadmill last weekend. Why anyone would chose that is beyond me. This isn't like going to your typical gym though, they control the climate where their treadmills are (ie its 50 degrees instead of 70 with no humidity instead of 70%).

I've done a 16 mile treadmill run in 2 hours once. It was the worst day of my life. My brain just couldn't function the rest of the day.

Equates wrote:

Equates to about a half marathon for mortals.

What?

Took as long as many runners would need to do 13.1 mi

asdfafs wrote:

Equates wrote:

Equates to about a half marathon for mortals.

What?

BORING AF wrote:

dear lord i cringe just thinking about that.

So what? It probably took him less than two hours. I´ve done 3h15min on a stairclimber.

It goes by quick if you got a good movie or sporting event to watch.

agc5k wrote:

I've done a 16 mile treadmill run in 2 hours once. It was the worst day of my life. My brain just couldn't function the rest of the day.

Stronger-willed than me. I tried going 15 on one once and had to tap out at 13.1. It was in some rat hole of a gym, too. Nothing to watch, nothing to listen to. One of those old, dusty buildings with ancient heating - probably was breathing in asbestos insulation and lead paint. Sucked.

I do 10 miles on treadmills routinely at home, esp in winter, but after 10, I start to go out of my mind.

Sounds pretty mind-numbing, but at Farah's pace that could be the length of a movie if he has a screen set up. Which would help.

I once did 16 miles on an indoor track, holding exactly 7:20 pace: 128 55-second laps. I don't know if that was better or worse than the mighty mill.

I have a buddy who ran 20 miles on the treadmill regularly last winter. Watched the whole run of "Breaking Bad."

He and another friend ran 20 on an indoor track last week also. There is fortitude in being able to do that, and fortitude in refusing to stay indoors just because its cold/icy/snowy. Different strokes for different folks.

I feel like frequently doing runs of significant length on an indoor track is a gateway to injury. Did your right leg hurt?

friends of a friend wrote:

He and another friend ran 20 on an indoor track last week also. There is fortitude in being able to do that, and fortitude in refusing to stay indoors just because its cold/icy/snowy. Different strokes for different folks.

I have heard of some athletes doing this, the one by name I remember is Ryan Hall. He did a couple 20 milers on a treadmill so he could have a constant elevation gain. It's hard to find 20miles of roads that are all uphill. He was doing it to prepare for Boston's hills.

No biggie. When I was younger and faster, I did several 20+ milers (including a 23 miler in 2:33) on a treadmill leading up to my 2nd best marathon ever. It was a bad winter and the race was in a warm, dry climate. In this case, the treadmill simulated the race conditions better than running outside.

Winter sucked so badly last year (like this one), that while training for the Boston Marathon, and after 3 weekends of brutal 20+ milers on the roads at -20F, I gave in and did 23 miles on the treadmill. It was pretty bad, but if you switch up the paces a bit and watch sports it is doable. I managed 6:30/ mile. Better than i would have done freezin' my bag off outside.

I find it less boring on a treadmill as easier to get in a "zone" - like running on a rails to trails path. However, no matter how hard I train on treadmill, if I train for prolonged days I still feel out of shape when I run outside again

young master wrote:

Sounds pretty mind-numbing, but at Farah's pace that could be the length of a movie if he has a screen set up. Which would help.

I once did 16 miles on an indoor track, holding exactly 7:20 pace: 128 55-second laps. I don't know if that was better or worse than the mighty mill.

In high school there were a few months where I 50-60 miles/week on an outdoor track. That was bad enough.

hey wrote:

I feel like frequently doing runs of significant length on an indoor track is a gateway to injury. Did your right leg hurt?

friends of a friend wrote:

He and another friend ran 20 on an indoor track last week also. There is fortitude in being able to do that, and fortitude in refusing to stay indoors just because its cold/icy/snowy. Different strokes for different folks.

They switch directions every mile. :)

friends of a friend wrote:

I have a buddy who ran 20 miles on the treadmill regularly last winter. Watched the whole run of "Breaking Bad."

He and another friend ran 20 on an indoor track last week also. There is fortitude in being able to do that, and fortitude in refusing to stay indoors just because its cold/icy/snowy. Different strokes for different folks.

I've done 20 on the treadmill and 28 on an indoor track. Both of which, the last four miles were around 5:40 pace. It's not that bad if you have the ability to either stay very focused or very distracted. Anywhere in between and misery sets in quickly.

I've also stepped off the treadmill 2 miles into a planned 16.

On my first treadmill, I did most of my long runs on it - qualified for several Bostons doing 20+, eventually trashed the deck - wasn't the best treadmill. However, I now have my Sole in the garage, door open, l'm looking at woods, pastures, cows, etc., plus I have a great sound system. Some days, I can't stand the thought of dealing w/ the hills around my place.