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| Don't laugh...manual treadmill-yay or nay? (Read 233 times) |
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posted: 8/14/2008 at 10:42 PM |
Okay, I'm not looking to run marathons or run 20 miles at a time. I'm just a simple little runner. I'm pretty open to anything...except running with lightning. Yeah, leave that one for some other brave person. So I'm looking for something that I can just hop on for 30 minutes so at least I will have kept up and didn't let the weather deter me. KWIM? So I thought I might look into a manual treadmill.
Problems:
Money-apparently I didn't plant the money tree like everyone else, so budget is a factor.
Space-live in an apartment, so something bulky is out.
Thoughts? I don't want to join a gym just so that I have the option of using a treadmill when the weather sucks. I'd sooner not go than go to the gym.
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posted: 8/14/2008 at 10:59 PM |
Check Craigslist, you might be able to find something there. I just recently found my parents one because someone was giving it away. You could get a no frills one for ~$500 or so which is probably less than a year at the gym that you could get plenty of use out of. Manuals are most likely to have a small track and not be too wide, mostly for walkers, so I would tell you to stay away from em.
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Things to do this year:
Beaufort Road Race 5K 07.19.08 -- 25:40
Twin Bridges 8K 10.04.08 -- 39:53 PR
First Carolina State Bank Half-Marathon 11.22.08
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posted: 8/15/2008 at 12:42 AM |
| I would never buy it without trying it. So, bring your running shoes, run it for a bit, then decide. |
| Just 'cause you can, doesn't mean you should
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posted: 8/15/2008 at 1:03 AM |
Quote from dgb2n on 8/15/2008 at 12:29 AM:
Oooh, I can do that! Thank you! I will look into that!
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| Couch to 5K support group
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Complete my C25K training and run forever!
Run 5K by end of the year.
Nike 10K Human Race 2009
Cow Harbor 10K September 2009 |
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