I just recently started running sometimes on a treadmill.
When I’m outside, I can easily jog around an 8 min/mile pace…that’s the pace I go on easy days.
When I’m on a treadmill and I set it for 8 min/mile…it’s a workout.
Am I dumb, or is it harder to run “fast” on a treadmill?
I appreciate your input.
You will get a bunch of different opinions on this one but I am like you. For a given effort and or HR i am faster on the road than a treadmill
same for me, it tends to get easier if Im running a lot on the mill but never as easy as outside
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I hear you on that. I try and think of it as form work and mental toughness. I don’t know how Hilary Biscay does her tready marathon. Maybe that’s why she’s faster than me. THAT is mental toughness…
Brent
I’ve tried for years…ramping speed up slowly, etc and think I am just not coordinated enough? so I’ve given up, dress warm, suck it up rain or shine and run outside.
If I have a gigantic fan blowing massive amounts of air on me, I’ve found it very similar pace-wise to outdoors. Without the fan, it feels about 30sec/mile faster on the treadmill.
Also, most treadmills are notoriously off with their pace reporting. You can test it using a bike. Sometimes the slow settings go slower than reported, and the fast speeds are faster. (And it can be on the same treadmill.)
Never trust the speed on a treadmill. I do some traveling for business and run on hotel treadmills. I found none of them to be accurate. I usually rely on my heart monitor to gauge my effort.
I think it is harder to run fast on a treadmill.
Regardless treadmill is really good to build speed.
I’m also slower on a treadmill probably due to boredom. Based on people I’ve talked to it seems like if you’re used to running outside you’ll be slower on a treadmill and if you run on a treadmill you’ll be slower outside.
One of my friends was training for a 5K mainly on a treadmill and he was planning on a 7:30 pace or so based on his treadmill workouts…I have no clue if it was a constant pace or if he did intervals. He ended up only being able to make an 8:30 pace.
The Kenyan in the Tosh.0 treadmill marathon only ran like a 2:45 marathon. Seems pretty slow…for a Kenyan.
make sure you set elevation for 1. 0 is downhill on a treadmill.
make sure you set elevation for 1. 0 is downhill on a treadmill.
I think you meant uphill.
The treadmill, from my understanding should be set somewhere between 0.5% to 1.5% to simulate the same effort as the road.