Being in shape for the gym and the real world. Is there a difference?
Former Member
I tried running outside today for the first time since I was about 5, and it could have gone better. I made it a total of about 10 minutes and I maybe ran a mile. Then I started to feel sick to my stomach (though that could have been the pizza), and got a side ache and really tired. But when I'm in the gym, I can run for at least 30 minutes no problems.
Any ideas of how to make my gym enduracne translate to the road? :dunno:
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Former Member
Kyra,
I am not a runner, never have been, but friends of mine are. And, we have talked about this a lot--the difference between indoors and outdoors. And, now that I think about it, I have encountered this problem with swimming indoor vs outdoor pools.
In an indoor pool, fresh air is at a minimum compared to an outdoor pool. In running, the road (terrain) is quite different from an indoor track. No outside running will ever be completely level plus there is the wind factor (or not), as well as more humidity or not, spending energy looking at the ground to make sure you won't encounter anything to stumble on, etc.
I just wonder if any of these things could have made an outdoor run a tad more difficult. Several years ago, some friends of mine who were going to do the run in the triathlon only trained on treadmills, indoor track, etc. I mentioned to them that it might be good to take their training outdoors to a place that would best immulate the conditions that were upcoming. They had a hard time adjusting for some of the reasons mentioned.
I guess I am the kind of person who looks at everything to try to better understand how I feel and why when I am exercising.
Just a consideration.
Donna
Kyra,
I am not a runner, never have been, but friends of mine are. And, we have talked about this a lot--the difference between indoors and outdoors. And, now that I think about it, I have encountered this problem with swimming indoor vs outdoor pools.
In an indoor pool, fresh air is at a minimum compared to an outdoor pool. In running, the road (terrain) is quite different from an indoor track. No outside running will ever be completely level plus there is the wind factor (or not), as well as more humidity or not, spending energy looking at the ground to make sure you won't encounter anything to stumble on, etc.
I just wonder if any of these things could have made an outdoor run a tad more difficult. Several years ago, some friends of mine who were going to do the run in the triathlon only trained on treadmills, indoor track, etc. I mentioned to them that it might be good to take their training outdoors to a place that would best immulate the conditions that were upcoming. They had a hard time adjusting for some of the reasons mentioned.
I guess I am the kind of person who looks at everything to try to better understand how I feel and why when I am exercising.
Just a consideration.
Donna
