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I did this run on the treadmill at the gym, it was boring but better than outside in the cold, any advice on treadmill running?

[John_W Graduate Ambassador]

1. Forget the incline advice.2. Don't forget to include your 5 min (minimum) warm-up and cool-down walk.

3. Use podcasts, music, TV shows etc to stave off boredom - they can make the time fly-by.

4. Think about doing intervals to make things more interesting, e.g. the three C25K+ podcasts: Stamina, Speed and Stepping Stones.

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Thanks will look at the interval training 👍

[GoGo_JoJo Graduate]

If you have a tv/ screen search virtual runs on YouTube. It goes much nicer if you can pretend you're somewhere outside that's nice. I don't mean the cgi ones, there a lots that real runners put up. Oldfloss has some great snow ones that she likes to use.

This kind of thing youtu.be/0DRfB5Zqq6w(Not working as expected?)

Nice trail run youtu.be/nGP1PKc9vHA(Not working as expected?)

Treadmill running is much tougher mentally as there's no real stimuli.

Some Treadmills have set hill patterns, this can shake things up a bit and make it more interesting.

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Virtual runs😀 amazing !!!

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I have a treadmill, but I really dislike running on it. It feels much more difficult for me, also because you are forced to run continuously at a set pace. While outdoors your pace is what your body wants.

What temperature is it with you? Here it was yesterday 1°C but I loved it. Years ago I had also started running, but I stopped when it grew cold. Now I started when it was growing colder and I have to say to my own surprise that I actually like running in the cold! Just wear good clothing, a buff for your breathing, gloves, ...

Cheers!

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I played netball for many years through the winter and enjoyed it, but as I’ve got older fair weather activities for me 😂.