Best alternative to running? (Read 1704 times)

invisible

posted: 1/17/2008 at 11:41 AM

Quote from JimHowe on 1/17/2008 at 11:23 AM:

But, in the context of the question... "Being a single female, I don't feel safe running in the dark in the morning alone. But since I have such a limited time for training..."

...but that's not a question. Smile

The question was:

Quote from onepinkfuzzy on 1/15/2008 at 11:15 PM:

In your opinion, what's the best cross-training available?

It's only for two mornings a week, until an earlier sunrise. It'll help bomb proof the lower legs, as well.

90 percent of the game is not giving up.

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I'm the tall one.

posted: 1/17/2008 at 8:13 PM
modified: 1/17/2008 at 8:22 PM

Like you, I would rather walk on broken glass than run on a treadmill. But I checked out some audio books from my local library and that really did the trick. The first one I tried was David Sedaris "Me Talk Pretty One Day". I almost went flying off the back of the treadmill I was laughing so hard. But 6 miles went by in no time at all! Some of the audio books are cassette tapes, but I just went to Walmart and bought a portable player for about 5 bucks. Works great. I've run some ultras and I know you just need to get the miles in some way or other. Good Luck!!!

Carol