Treadmill today instead of outside

[Sharklet69]

I am doing run 1 week 9 in the gym today. All other runs have been outside so far. If I set the incline to 1 will this replicate outdoor running? I don't want to make it easier!!

[John_W Graduate]

As someone who's used treadmills for the past 5 years (and mixes it up with outdoor running), I'd say not to worry about the incline. Do it if you want, but 1 run? Won't make much difference.

[Sharklet69 Graduate in reply to John_W]

Thanks. I completed the 30 minutes and did have an incline. Prefer outdoor running but good to know I could use treadmill if necessary. Appreciate your response 😊

[Sharklet69 Graduate in reply to Sharklet69]

Just looked at my stats! 4.89km in 27 minutes (forgot to start my app until I'd done 3 minutes), average speed 11km/HR. Up until now it's been around 8km/hr. Wasn't sure about speed as treadmill is in miles per hour, app is km!! Confident I can increase pace now.

[John_W Graduate in reply to Sharklet69]

I wouldn't try trust any app or watch to accurately estimate (that's what they do - estimate) your distance/speed on a treadmill . They're trying to calculate your distance from your arm movements, so unless you;re wearing foot-pod, then I'd always go by the treadmill display itself.

[Sharklet69 Graduate in reply to John_W]

Oh 😭 at least I've had my 15 minutes of glory! Will stick to outdoor running and work on pace gradually. Thanks though John_W for your helpful advice 👍