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Treadmill Running Will Make You Faster!
Treadmill running will make you a faster, more efficient, injury free and mentally tough runner. Does this sound like an ad for a treadmill company or what? The statement happens to be true (regardless of any shameless plug you might see at the end of this article!) but the results dont come about from any magic, only hard work.
Lets start with the "mentally tough" claim. Lets say you jump on the treadmill for a workout. After what you guess is about hour of running you look down at the time readout on the treadmill and you see that you have actually been on the thing for all of 5 minutes. If you hold out for an actual hour, you will be one mentally tough runner when you get back outside running in the natural environment!
The treadmill makes you more efficient? An interesting phenomenon takes place when you run on a treadmill. Lets say you set the speed of the treadmill at a 9 minute per mile pace. As you run to keep up with a moving belt at a specific speed, you will have a natural tendency to adjust your running form to make it the least effort possible.
Going Solo An Alaska Running Adventure
Life is not meant to be lived in moderation. With a middle of the road life comes a middle of the road existence. Stress is in the eyes of the stressed. What could be more stressful than to look back at the years and wonder ... what could I have done? Peace comes to those that already know that answer; theyve done it! I believe life is meant to be lived out toward the edge. The proverbial edge is a personal point that is arrived at by means of your comfort zone. For some it might be an hour hike alone on trails in a state park, for others it might be a solo climb of a 20,000+ ft. peak in the Himalayans.
Without goals, my life seems to wander aimlessly. To stay fit and focused I need to be training for something. To keep my interest these goals must be out near the edge. Once the goal is set, all in life seems to fall in place. I eat, sleep, work, train and seem to be more organized when focused on a long-term goal.
In December of 89, I was without a goal. My last athletic adventure had been a marathon in Mexico.
Run long, look great!
The look of the distance runner, long, lean, defined. A look of balance, action and endurance, not a body built in a gym but on the roads and trails, sculpted in the natural environment by simple hard work, one foot in front of the other. The skin of a runner has an outdoor look. Wind, sun and sweat have given it texture, color and wear. An alive and real look, unlike skin that lives under incandescent light alone. Not to mention tan lines that tell a story of how this body spends its time in motion, in nature.