3 Hours Running In Rain Or Treadmill?

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I have a 3 hour run planned for tomorrow for the Chicago Marathon, not a fast runner. Anyway, there’s a chance for rain tomorrow morning and I’m curious what you guys would rather do: run 3 hours in the rain or 3 hours on a treadmill. Or the other option would be run for an hour on the treadmill, run an hour on the upstairs lap at ~9 laps a mile, and then run for another hour on the treadmill,

Our local YMCA has TVs in view of the treadmills but they are kinda far away and no sound.

Suggestions? Experience?

Thanks,
~trevor

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ive never run 3hours and i wouldnt recommend anyone running over 2.5hours
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The warm weather ain’t long for this world in the Chicago area…take every chacne you can to get outside.

3 hours in a warm rain sounds a helluva lot more tolerable than 3 hours on a treadmill…

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ive never run 3hours and i wouldnt recommend anyone running over 2.5hours

Personally, I completely agree with this, but, I am not qualified to make a recommendation to anyone regarding running. (Note: I assume he means 3 hours for a training run).

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Rain…i dont even want to imagine running for 3 hrs on a treadmill.

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can you get the benefit you want from the run if you run in the rain? What I mean is a lot of times I’ll do intervals either on the bike or on the run, if it’s pouring out and that means splashing cars and hidden potholes where I’m more worried about what I’m going to step in than maintaing a certain pace, then I move my workout inside. If it’s just a run w/ no purpose other than to run 3 hours, do it outside. if you’re going to worried about dodging things then do it inside.

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Run in the rain. You look like a badass, feel like a badass, and in fact are a badass.

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I can hit 13.1 in 2.5 hours. What are the reasons not going beyond 2.5 hours for training? I know that injury can be a huge factor, but when my marathon goal is 5 hours, I would have topped out my long runs at 13-14 miles and I would have another 12-13 to go.

Any ideas on how to rework the plan then? I’m currently running 4 times a week following Hal Higdon’s Novice Plan. Do you suggest adding 2 more running days instead of doing stupid long runs?

Thanks again,
~trevor

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I agree too

jaretj
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i prefer running in the rain to most anything else (besides perfect cool sunny days)

Jump in the puddles, pee while you run, no need to carry a lot of sports drink- just enjoy!!

just wear a visor. IMHO.

have fun!!

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I did 16 miles on a treadmill in July for the Tosh.O “Marathon”. It was okay because they were outside and he kept us entertained. I think I’d only do a training run on one if there was a TV ON the treadmill and I could watch movies. Otherwise, I’d be out running in the rain for sure.

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Your ability to complete your marathon on schedule depends more on your weekly volume than your long run.

jaretj

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I did 16 miles on a treadmill in July for the Tosh.O “Marathon”. It was okay because they were outside and he kept us entertained. I think I’d only do a training run on one if there was a TV ON the treadmill and I could watch movies. Otherwise, I’d be out running in the rain for sure.

Training for the Disney marathon all winter long in pennsylvania in 2009 I did runs of 18, 19 and 20 miles on a treadmill. The tv in the panel watching nfl games helped, but it still really sucked.

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My weekly total, week 10 will be 29 miles after the 15 mile run which I might cut to 13. Any suggestions to rework the plan? My goal is to finish RUNNING all 26.2 miles. I don’t care if my training never gets past 15 miles, I just want to be able to finish running 26.2 miles.

  • Am I putting in lots of junk miles?
  • From peoples’ experiences, should I cut some of the long runs back and go with more volume?

The rest of the plan looks like this, starting on Monday. C is cross training for about 30 min.

Week 11: 4-8-0-4-0-16-C = 32
Week 12: 4-8-0-5-0-12-C = 29
Week 13: 5-9-0-5-0-18-C = 37
Week 14: 5-9-0-5-0-14-C = 33
Week 15: 5-10-0-5-0-20-C = 40

Begin Taper
Week 16: 5-8-0-4-0-13-C = 18
Week 17: 4-6-0-3-0-8-C = 21
Week 18: 3-4-0-2-0-0-26.2 = 35

  • A little history. I started running last year in July 3-4 times a week and trained poorly for my first half marry in October.
  • Started training for the Indy Mini last February running 3-4 times week but got injured from weight training (note: never ever doing that crap again) around week 7 of 12 and was off running for 6 weeks.
  • Started running 4 times a week in May building up to 12 miles a week to when I started training for the Chicago Marathon starting June 6th
  • 5’11" 210 pounds. Quite a bit overweight and working on getting that down to 195 by Chicago.
  • McMillan puts my Marathon at 4:52 based on a 5k I ran in March when I weighed 235.

Edit: My goal is just to finish the Chicago Marathon. Running for Team World Vision.

  • Future goals: Steelhead 70.3 in 2012, IMOO in 2013.

  • After Chicago I plan on shifting towards BarryP’s running plan. Starting in November after I have recovered from Chicago and doing 6 months of 6x week running and preparing for the IndyMini in May 2012.

Thanks again,
~trevor

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I did 3 hours on a treadmill before. Helped force me to keep pace way down. How bad is the rain going to be? Major storms, no. But for light sprinkle on and off, this shouldn’t be a question.

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anyone?..anyone?..nobody?..okay I’ll take it.

H - T - F - U

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  1. I no longer run over 2.5hrs and don’t recommend it.
  2. I have run 2:45 on a treadmill. It was cold and wet. I’ll do cold, I’ll do wet, but I won’t do cold and wet.
  3. if it’s raining on race day are you going to run on the treadmill?

Hope that helps. Best of luck.

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Worst chafe I ever got was a 13 mile run in the rain. Bled from the nipples. OMG times 10!

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I would go with three hours in the rain. If I did a treadmill, it would only be 45 minutes. Longer than that and monotony sets in for me.

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I don’t mind doing either to be honest. From a safety and longevity stand point, I’d rather not kill myself in the rain by a pothole, foot blisters, terrible chaffing, and bloody nipples. These are things that I have overlooked and taking a week off of training to heal from stupid annoying skin abrasions is stupid.

~trevor