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:
I do a fair amount of running, mostly outdoors (have been a runner since I was in my mid-/late thirties and have run races from 200 dash to marathon). And I use the treadmill very infrequently, since I like being outdoors much more.
But sometimes do find the treadmill necessary: when the footing is too icy outdoors; when it's dark (crackpots on the road, unseen cracks in the sidewalks--tho I still prefer to be outdoors if running with others). So I had to learn to get used to it and had the opposite problem fr/ Seagurl--took a while to get used to running on something that was moving underneath my feet and had to go back to about ten mins. at a time and work my way up. Also get bored on the 'mill more than on the road, so find that if I play around with the speed and incline, it keeps things more interesting.
One thing though about the treadmill: less impact underfoot. Seagurl, if you're running outside, are you using sidewalks? I can feel a definite difference running on a sidewalk vs. running on grass or dirt trails... or on outdoor running tracks (especially the ones w/ artificial surface). Lately, I've tried to stay off concrete as much as I can.
So Seagurl, don't give up on outdoor running... so much to see! Just try different surfaces... and be careful about isolated areas for safety reasons.
I do a fair amount of running, mostly outdoors (have been a runner since I was in my mid-/late thirties and have run races from 200 dash to marathon). And I use the treadmill very infrequently, since I like being outdoors much more.
But sometimes do find the treadmill necessary: when the footing is too icy outdoors; when it's dark (crackpots on the road, unseen cracks in the sidewalks--tho I still prefer to be outdoors if running with others). So I had to learn to get used to it and had the opposite problem fr/ Seagurl--took a while to get used to running on something that was moving underneath my feet and had to go back to about ten mins. at a time and work my way up. Also get bored on the 'mill more than on the road, so find that if I play around with the speed and incline, it keeps things more interesting.
One thing though about the treadmill: less impact underfoot. Seagurl, if you're running outside, are you using sidewalks? I can feel a definite difference running on a sidewalk vs. running on grass or dirt trails... or on outdoor running tracks (especially the ones w/ artificial surface). Lately, I've tried to stay off concrete as much as I can.
So Seagurl, don't give up on outdoor running... so much to see! Just try different surfaces... and be careful about isolated areas for safety reasons.
