Hey! I've been MIA from the running world (tsk tsk). But I went out this morning and it was sooo lovely. I love how this whole city is asleep at 6am, it makes for a relaxing run.
I signed up for a 5k at the end of August! So excited, races are what motivate me. I discovered unfortunately that my endurance is shot! Taking a few weeks off running was not good lol.
This time around I'm working on speed, so all my runs will be short (30-40min) and fast! I'm aiming for an 8min mile race pace. Wish me luck!

Well, for those who are interested (and not squeamish), I carefully punctured my blister, as it was no longer painful, squeezed it out and slathered it with antiseptic cream and covered it with a plaster. I'll leave it open to heal overnight and plaster it up again tomorrow before I run, and we'll see what happens.

Robsia - I am glad yur blister is better

analeh - Welcome back

I ran outside yesterday mornig. Very short run before church ....2 miles. However I noticed it really tooka bit of adjusting for runnin outside. if anybody runs out and in could you give me some pointers. I am going to start running half and half from now on so I won;t be worn out for my upcoming races.

WOW! I got my arse out there and ran the three mile trail around my house and boy was I winded! FOr One I haven't been running outside much (this is my second day since like forever) and FOR TWO i ran my first mile in under 10:00. WOOT WOOT!

Anyway going back out there this evening. I have a race on the 4th. An 8K hope I can makeit. IT is a bit different than on the old TM> But ya'll know my motto, it doesn't matter how long as long as I finish.

Cakebatter - I'm having the same issues with the treadmill/outside switch! One day I can do a great 3 mile run outside and then 2 days later, I can barely do 15 minutes! But now, when I run on the treadmill, its always at an incline of 1, which is definitely harder, but builds your endurance and strength to make running outside a little easier. Good luck with your race training!

My guess is the reason the treadmill seems easier is when you start outside without the pace regulation you start too fast. I know a lot of people struggle with that transition and I cant think of any other reason. (Well unless this time of year you are moving from a/c to HOT) Because I cant run on a treadmill to save my life.

The 1% incline on a treadmill is a good rule of thumb, not to make it harder but because it better mimicks the normal stride you would use outside. My physical therapist said that running on 0% incline is much harder on your back than running outside.

Also if you NEVER use incline on a TM unless you live someplace pancake flat the little hills might be throwing you more than you think. Do little bursts on the treadmill of varying inclines to practice.

I also think sometimes people get used to the metronome like pacing of a tm, when in natural gait it is more normal to speed and slow and vary the pacing more often.