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No, I can't take back 2 in one day.
In my area of WI they lock all the bathrooms October 30th, so the TM also allows you to be close to a bathroom.
E.J.Greater Lowell Road RunnersCry havoc and let slip the dawgs of war!May the road rise to meet you, may the wind be always at your back, may the sun shine warm upon your SPF30, may the rains fall soft upon your sweat-wicking hat, and until you hit the finish line may The Flying Spaghetti Monster hold you in the hollow of His Noodly Appendage.
Close or not, if it's locked it still doesn't do you much good.
Pussy!
Call me what you want, but I run outdoors on roads and trails, but I also run indoors on a TM. The only place I hate to run is on a track - I run 4500 - 5000 miles per year. I would guess its 10% trails 60% roads 30% TM In my area of WI they lock all the bathrooms October 30th, so the TM also allows you to be close to a bathroom. I have run all the way to 36 miles on a TM To me Speed work on TM is preferable to the track. Best is on the roads, but DEC - MAR in WI often it is not safe.
I dunno. Once I get through this weekend (4 th marathon in 6 months) I'm planning to schedule some treadmill time to figure out pacing. I know what my goal is for 2009/2010 but don't know what it feels like. If I use the treadmill, I can set it for whatever pace I want to try out and learn from that.
Menace to Sobriety
the first thing that comes to my mind is "Pussy"! You say it like its a bad thing.
You say it like its a bad thing.
Janie, today I quit my job. And then I told my boss to go f*** himself, and then I blackmailed him for almost sixty thousand dollars. Pass the asparagus.
I am adamantly opposed to letting your cats run on treadmills.
DWARP Marathon Madness Mob
dork.major dork.
Reaching 1,243 in 2008 -- one day, one week, one mile at a time.
So I see you're a hard-core pussy! ;o) Living in MN, I too do use treadmill for faster runs during the winter. I love going for a long run in the winter (as long as it's not too windy...what a pussy!), but it really restricts "pace". However, I found that running faster on treadmill, in a way, is easier because you are literally forced to run whatever the pace you've set. So I do like to do some fast runs outdoor regardless once in a while. I found out that using slight incline over a bridge works really well because the heat from traffic underneath (I guess I'm talking about a bridge over roads, not river...) seems to melt snow/ice on the top and creats a nice traction. There's this bridge with a nice gradual incline near my place and sometimes, even during the heart of MN winter, I go over there and do some repeats. The hardest thing is breathing. When the temperature is something like 10F and you're literally gasping for air, it hurts your throat! You use a bathroom (portapotty, I assume) when "going" outdoor? I guess I just rush to the bush! What a pussy!!! ;o) On the separate note, I found it quite interesting that, in English language, you guys use sexual terms for degrading situation quite a bit. I've often asked what the translation for XXXX might be in Japanese. It's hard to say because we never use sexual terms for such situations. So is this how it goes? female sexual organ = whimp male sexual organ + head = idiot Does that say anything??? I met with my wife in Japan while she was teaching English over there (she's from WI, by the way...). She lived in France for a couple of years, going to a gradual school. And when the language institute she joined took her out for a nice dinner on the first day, they asked her to say "Cheers" in French. I guess they say "chin-chin" or "ching-ching", immulating the sound of glasses clinking each other. So she stood up and said it out loud. All of a sudden, complete silence... That, it so happens, means, in a kid term, "a small winnie" in Japanese! ;o) (or is it "whinnie"???) Okay, I've completely digressed...
misogynistic language is... (just for pussies)
In my job, I work a lot with colleagues in Japan. A couple of them have spent some time in the US and have developed a taste for our humor and dress a little more colorfully than their co-workers. They tell me it has limited their career in Japan because they are considered too "westernized". I don't think you can ever go back Nobby!