Treadmill okay?

[Coqauvin]

Joined gym and have done W1. Arthritic foot so difficult to run on uneven surfaces. Overweight mid70s so feel self conscious running outdoors. Good to continue in gym??

[Jonno34 Graduate]

Absolutely, why not, done all mine at the Gym, may hit the pavement soon, when it gets a bit cooler here in Cyprus. The main thing is you are doing something!

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Running anywhere is fine. Many prefer outside for the added interests and benefits of fresh air and vit D, but horses for courses....Good luck👍😊🏃🏾‍♀️

[IannodaTruffe Mentor]

Welcome to the forum and well done on getting started.

This guide to the plan is essential reading healthunlocked.com/couchto5...

Set your treadmill at a gradient of at least one degree to simulate running outdoors, then if you ever venture out it will not be quite such a shock to the system.

Enjoy your journey.

[Coqauvin in reply to IannodaTruffe]

16 days since I did my 1st post asking about threadmill running. Thanks for the replies. Well on the treadmill I have completed 6 week 1 runs and 4 week 2 runs and felt I was making some progress. Bright and sunny morning today so decided to try the outdoors. Listened to the podcast for week 1 and boy was it difficult. Managed maybe 3 x 60 seconds, the other runs I probably stopped a little before the end. Such a difference running outside. I can walk faster than I run as I am a regular golfer and get my 10k steps in most day. Taking the programme slowly by repeating as I am very late to this running lark (birthday no 74 next month and maybe 2 stone overweight so think I will have to work on my diet more. - on my bucket list to be able to run !!!).

Fascinating to read all the comments on the forum. Thank you