Any runners here care to answer a question?

[best3444]

56 minutes ago, Biggie said:

Thank goodness I don’t plan on doing any of those things!

 

Same. My exercise days are long gone. 

[Slug]

3 hours ago, best3444 said:

 

That's interesting. Never heard that in my life.

It's true.  Doing the motion of running while the ground moves under you is a far cry from propelling yourself forward on static ground.  I'm not a sports trainer/doctor/scientist or anything, but I assume it has something to do with using different/more muscles?  Plus maybe air resistance pushing against you as you run that doesn't exist on a treadmill?  Harder to breathe with wind coming at you?  I don't know, could be a number of things I suppose.  But I remember when I first started running.  I figured I'd start training for my first 5K on a treadmill.  I was way out of shape.  Spent months working my way up to being able to do 4 miles on the treadmill at a respectable pace for a guy my size without slowing down.  One day it was super nice out and I though to myself, "Hey, Self.  Why don't you run outside today?".  Went outside, warmed up and started running.  I was completely gassed inside of 2 miles.  Just done.  It was incredible how different it was.  After that I restarted my training program, this time outdoors only and haven't looked back.  I'll still use a treadmill occasionally when the weather is shitty or when it's too cold out (I'm a wuss when it comes to running in the cold), but it's a poor substitute.

[gamer.tv]

When I renew my gym membership for the summer, I love using the treadmill to very specifically focus on increasing my pace and doing some interval work so I get to an anaerobic state, then I can just pop off and recover. Road and trail running are a different beast where it’s about setting a realistic pace and battling every single, tiny, horrible incline and bit of uneven road.

 

There are few better things though than running through a forest or in the countryside, cold but nice day, listening to music, nothing to do except look about and to keep on going. 

[Joe]

Kal not knowing that runners run against traffic is amusing to me for some reason. Just assume my boy is knowledgeable about most things.

[Nokra]

23 minutes ago, Joe said:

Kal not knowing that runners run against traffic is amusing to me for some reason. Just assume my boy is knowledgeable about most things.

 I guess because it's basic road safety that even little kids learn.... Or so we thought.  

 

 

@Kal-El814 

[Joe]

5 minutes ago, Nokra said:

 I guess because it's basic road safety that even little kids learn.... Or so we thought.  

 

 

@Kal-El814 

Yeah I feel like my mom taught me that when I was like six lol.

[best3444]

1 hour ago, Joe said:

Yeah I feel like my mom taught me that when I was like six lol.

 

Why are you up so early? 

[johnny]

2 hours ago, Nokra said:

 I guess because it's basic road safety that even little kids learn.... Or so we thought.  

 

 

@Kal-El814 

i was definitely not taught this basic road safety as a kid 

[Anathema-]

Can confirm being a pedestrian against traffic is safer; it's taught as part of hiking safety (I learned it back as a scout).

[Joe]

4 hours ago, best3444 said:

 

Why are you up so early? 

Up late at my bro’s in Connecticut.

[SuperSpreader]

16 hours ago, Biggie said:

Thank goodness I don’t plan on doing any of those things!

[Biggie]

5 minutes ago, SuperSpreader said:

Do you have access to my notebook cam?

[SuperSpreader]

So plump.

[best3444]

2 hours ago, Joe said:

Up late at my bro’s in Connecticut.

 

Ok. I got into work at 2:30am and saw you post and was like wtf lol.

 

13 minutes ago, SuperSpreader said:

So plump.

 

[Keyser_Soze]

1 hour ago, SuperSpreader said:

So plump.

 

That soft and supple skin.

[Biggie]

27 minutes ago, Keyser_Soze said:

 

That soft and supple skin.