Snow Day (Read 561 times)

(or ice) Crap...there goes my run. Gah, sometimes I REALLY wish I had a treadmill! Had we known DS would have no school he and I could have slept in.

If you want to train hard all winter, regardless of the weather, I recommend you join a gym. A gym gives you a lot more training options than a treadmill, but if all you want to do is run, a treadmill is a good idea...

The last 5 or 6 years in a row I've siad, "I'm definitely getting a treadmill before next winter." Still no treadmill. Maybe someday. Part of my problem is I have high standards and I only want to buy one if I can get a really good one...and that's expensive.

If I were ever to buy a TM, I would look into getting a commercial quality one, perhaps used.

I have one of those 100 year old houses too. The only place I could fit one is in the basement and that's because I'm only 5' 9". If I were much taller, I wouldn't have the ceiling clearance. Though our half finished basement is becoming more and more the kids playroom so we're running out of space down there too. I actually have done some research on it. I don't know if a used treadmill is a great idea if it was in a gym and getting constantly used. If someone who barely used it is getting rid of one that could work. I've wanted a Landice L7 for years. Many serious runners I know have them and they are by all accounts indestructable, very accrurate and they can go fast. The problem is they are huge bucks. The local YMCA where I used to be a member has a bunch of Precor treadmills. Those are probably "good enough" for my purposes and are like 1/3 the price of a Landice. Like I said, maybe someday.

I don't know about since WWII. IMO you want a house that's at least 75 years old or not more than 15-20. For a period there say, 1950s to early 1990's, all home construction got really cheap and cheesy. My next house will likely be this house, renovated.

My house is old, about 70 years. It has it's issues but we'll keep it over getting a brand new house! We paid just 123,000 for it 7 years ago. A brand house just two lots down just sold for 365,000 a few months ago. Shocking! Our house used to be very drafty but we slowly replaced the windows and now it's not too bad. The front door has to be replaced next. And at some point we'll finish putting insulation in between the first floor and the basement. We really do need more space for our big family but before we know it the kids will be moving out, one by one and the house will be perfect. I'm fortunate enough that my mom bought my treadmill some years back. I'm a bit concerned now though, my treadmill has been making some strange noises and I know a new one isn't in the budget, since I'll want a bigger and better one. So, I'll be heading out into the cold to get my miles in...that thought is actually kind of nice, in some sick addicted runner's sort of way. But until that day comes, I'll enjoy heading to the basement to get my boring dreadmill miles in.

So, I'll be heading out into the cold to get my miles in...that thought is actually kind of nice, in some sick addicted runner's sort of way.

It's always kind of fun when someone in my neck of the woods says something to the effect of "it's way too cold to be out for more than 5 minutes, the snow is too deep to walk to the end of the driveway to get the mail," etc....then I say "Oh, I ran 7+ miles." They either look at me like I'm nuts (I get that a lot) or that I'm BSing them. k