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| Do you run faster on a TM or the road? (Read 564 times) |
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posted: 3/25/2008 at 7:07 PM |
Assuming a relatively flat road, do you run at a faster pace on the treadmill or on the road??
Right now it seems about equal for me. I usually have the TM set at 1.5 incline. Although it's really hard to find a relatively flat road where I live. I live off a street called Hill St, next to the town's water tower. The end of all my home based runs really SUCKS! Maybe I should end my routes at the bottom of the hill and walk up for my cooldown. WHAHAHA. |
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posted: 3/25/2008 at 7:09 PM
modified: 3/25/2008 at 7:12 PM |
Running on the road I'm about 15 seconds per mile faster based on the same perceived effort.
MTA I don't think anybody really knows why. |
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posted: 3/25/2008 at 7:17 PM
modified: 3/25/2008 at 7:17 PM |
I usually do my TM running at 1% incline. TM running feels much harder, but my heart rate is about the same at a given pace whether it's TM or flat ground outdoors. So I think it's mostly psychological.
So for me, the answer is road. |
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posted: 3/25/2008 at 7:20 PM |
| my answer is ROAD... |
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posted: 3/25/2008 at 7:20 PM |
| Road - somtimes almost a minute per mile faster for the same perceived effort. Running my road pace (which is pretty slow to start with) feels like a sprint on the treadmill. |
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| view log Monkey Scratch |
posted: 3/25/2008 at 7:31 PM |
Well recent race results suggest I am faster on the treadmill.
My fastest 5k this year has been 18:50, but this morning I ran a 4 mile warm up, then a 4 mile progressive tempo run (I sped up every mile; see log entry). Anyway, I ran the first 5K of that 4 miler in 19:01 and was not even close to being spent.
My HR for my last two 5K's has been in the low to mid 180's. This morning the highest it got was 175 and that was at 5:53 pace.
I have also done mile repeats faster than 5:30 with a one or two minute jogging recovery, but it's not reflected in what I have done at a race so far. Confused. |
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posted: 3/25/2008 at 7:38 PM |
| Definitely the road |
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posted: 3/25/2008 at 7:44 PM |
| Quote from Marcus L S on 3/25/2008 at 7:31 PM: ...that was at 5:53 pace.
At least your treadmill goes faster than 6:00/mile. Lucky dog. |
Drew
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So much for my brilliance. |
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| view log Non ducor, duco. |
posted: 3/25/2008 at 7:46 PM |
| TM! definitely! |
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posted: 3/25/2008 at 7:47 PM |
| For comparable effort, I run faster on the roads. But I don't run on the dreadmill any more than I absolutely have to. |
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posted: 3/25/2008 at 7:59 PM |
Definitely the road. On the TM, I did a mile in 9:54, trying pretty hard, but in a 5k, I did the same distance in 9:48 and it didn't seem hard at all.
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| view log Monkey Scratch |
posted: 3/25/2008 at 8:03 PM |
| Quote from DrewEOB on 3/25/2008 at 7:44 PM: At least your treadmill goes faster than 6:00/mile. Lucky dog.
Yeah, mine go up to 5:00 pace. Have had it there a couple of times; albeit very briefly  |
all you touch and all you see, is all your life will ever be
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posted: 3/25/2008 at 8:23 PM |
TM at the YMCA-I was always a good MINUTE faster than outside...
TM I bought-I am sooooooooooooo slow on it (or if I run on it effort is so much harder)...I am hoping there is some natural incline I am not aware of... |
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posted: 3/25/2008 at 8:25 PM |
| Quote from Run To Win on 3/25/2008 at 7:47 PM: For comparable effort, I run faster on the roads. But I don't run on the dreadmill any more than I absolutely have to.
Ditto everything here. |
Drew
Road to the Monkey
Just run, baby.
So much for my brilliance. |
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