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    • CommentAuthorFree Memberklottey4
    • CommentTimeDec 8th 2007
     
    klottey4

    Hi,

     I started running last spring after completing the 40 mile Avon walk for breast cancer in May.  I needed a new goal, and I'm running the Miami Half in January.  With the unpredictable weather we have in the DC area, having already received our first snow, I joined the Y not long ago, and have mixed up my road running with the treadmill on the snowy and icy days.  I'm curious if people think that the mileage is accurate.  I know to keep the treadmill at least at 1%, which I do, but I feel like I'm really moving.  On Monday, I ran 4.2 miles straight into the wind in 34 mins.  Today I went 35 mins, and it only said 2.8 miles.  Somehow I feel like even if I didn't go 4 miles again, that it would have to be somewhere in between those two distances.  Thoughts?

     Thanks!

     Kathy

    • CommentAuthorFree Memberbosoxdave
    • CommentTimeDec 8th 2007
     
    bosoxdave

    I run a lot on treadmills during the winter. I am a Californian who has lived in NJ for more than 10 years and I still don't like the cold. Depending on the treadmill the electronics can be off, try running on another treadmill to see if you feel the same. If your unsure you can always get a pedometer or other device which uses steps to measure speed and distance. I have a device that works with my Ipod which can measure speed and distance.

     

    • CommentAuthorFree Membertzapata
    • CommentTimeDec 8th 2007
     
    tzapata
    i would suggest, too, that when you're on a treadmill, you don't have the air moving over you, cooling your body by evaporating your sweat, so that your body perceives that it is working harder even though you're not going as fast. 
    • CommentAuthorFree Membermikeyg83
    • CommentTimeDec 9th 2007
     
    mikeyg83

    I also run in DC :)  I stepped outside this past Tuesday ready to run and had to go back inside to the treadmill because of all the ice and snow.  If you're finding that the treadmills are showing large discrepancies in distance, I recommend two things.  1) Try to get the same treadmill every time you run if you can, to remove the variability; 2) run for time rather than distance, as long as your perceived effort is about the same.  Over time, your perceived effort will become easier as you get into better shape, so then you can run faster or longer. 

    If you know any good route or would like me to give you some, feel free to post some here or join the Washington DC Runners group on this site.  I live in NW near Dupont.  Good luck!

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