| 1/29/2015 5:13:37 PM |
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dixie_dancer
Kansas City, KS
29, joined Feb. 2013
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Just a little re-energized to workout daily now that I have one at home! My job has changed a bit and will have me at work and on the road longer than I was previously. Now I can workout comfortably at home without having to go to the gym or run outside in the dark.
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| 1/30/2015 4:32:29 AM |
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icecreamsammich
Tucker, GA
67, joined May. 2014
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Yay You!!
I love mine!
I wake up at 4:30 usually and do my hour before work. I get on it watching TV or when surfing the Internet
It has become very easy to log lots of miles.
I'm at 7.81 miles for my 7 day running average.
They are great!
Congrats on a great purchase. I hope you enjoy it
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| 1/30/2015 8:48:36 AM |
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dixie_dancer
Kansas City, KS
29, joined Feb. 2013
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It was just a $100 Craigslist special. Nothing super fancy. It tells me my speed and time and miles, but either the treadmills at the gym are de-tuned, OR this one runs a little faster than it thinks it is. I set it on 7 mph and it felt more like 8-8.5. Either way. A better alternative than coming home and sitting on my rump to watch TV when I could be walking/running.
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| 1/30/2015 10:57:48 AM |
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rdeffley
San Jose, CA
36, joined Sep. 2009
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Does the incline only go to 10.0 or is it a more commercial treadmill that goes to 15.0? A lot of in home treadmills don't have as large of an incline range.
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| 1/30/2015 11:23:15 AM |
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dixie_dancer
Kansas City, KS
29, joined Feb. 2013
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It doesn't come with an incline setting. But that's no problem. I'd built a tiered ramp with brackets for my old one. I just have to get it out from underneath the old one.
Each step up is the equivalent of approximately 5 degrees. Just have to hop off, swivel the brackets, and lift it up or down a level.
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| 1/31/2015 8:51:44 AM |
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fitbarbie
Simpsonville, SC
30, joined Jan. 2015
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I like stair masters.
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| 1/31/2015 12:53:22 PM |
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dixie_dancer
Kansas City, KS
29, joined Feb. 2013
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I have access to stairs indoors. Didn't have easy access to a treadmill for inclement weather or having to drive into the city to go to the gym
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| 1/31/2015 2:37:13 PM |
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dan9787_3
Laval, QC
54, joined Jul. 2014
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Good for you!
I ran in the cold today...brr 
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| 2/2/2015 11:26:51 PM |
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rdeffley
San Jose, CA
36, joined Sep. 2009
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It doesn't come with an incline setting. But that's no problem. I'd built a tiered ramp with brackets for my old one. I just have to get it out from underneath the old one.
Each step up is the equivalent of approximately 5 degrees. Just have to hop off, swivel the brackets, and lift it up or down a level.
Taking initiative in a creative way. Good stuff! Never heard from a treadmill not having an incline setting though. But since you found a work around it's all good anyways.
If you really want a good workout, you should buy a Prowler sled. They're about as half as much as they used to be, and it gives about as good a conditioning work as you'll find anywhere.
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| 2/3/2015 7:37:01 AM |
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dixie_dancer
Kansas City, KS
29, joined Feb. 2013
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What makes you think I don't already do 'good workouts'?
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| 2/3/2015 1:20:02 PM |
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rdeffley
San Jose, CA
36, joined Sep. 2009
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What makes you think I don't already do 'good workouts'?
Haha.. Your post proves my initial guess right.As I suspected you're competitive.
You also seem like you appreciate new fitness challenges and like variety. Since the Prowler humbles everyone initially, it would be right up your alley.
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| 2/3/2015 3:20:34 PM |
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dixie_dancer
Kansas City, KS
29, joined Feb. 2013
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Being competitive has nothing to do with your insulting my workouts.
So now I ask this? Why would you say something like that? I would think the proof is in the pudding in my pictures that my lifestyle, eating habits, and fitness routines ARE effective and 'good'. So. Why do you feel compelled to insult me? Is that how you 'encourage' the people you train? By insulting them? That's the number one reason I hate trainers. That's a nasty way to live.
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| 2/3/2015 8:43:06 PM |
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rdeffley
San Jose, CA
36, joined Sep. 2009
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Being competitive has nothing to do with your insulting my workouts.
So now I ask this? Why would you say something like that? I would think the proof is in the pudding in my pictures that my lifestyle, eating habits, and fitness routines ARE effective and 'good'. So. Why do you feel compelled to insult me? Is that how you 'encourage' the people you train? By insulting them? That's the number one reason I hate trainers. That's a nasty way to live.
What in the hell are you talking about? You couldn't have taken what I said more wrongly. It seems like you've had some bad experiences with being insulted or trainers crapping on your workout routines. While that sucks, it has nothing to do with me.
My mindset was simply this. You look like a woman that enjoys a variety of different exercise and would like the intensity/challenge the Prowler offers. So as a fitness enthusiast, it would be something right up your alley. I still don't get how what I said insults you in any way, shape, or form. 
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| 2/3/2015 9:01:46 PM |
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dixie_dancer
Kansas City, KS
29, joined Feb. 2013
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You've also never heard of a treadmill NOT having incline.
Re-read what you said. Break it down word by word.
You suggested I needed this sled to get a 'good workout'
You also basically said if I wasn't using an incline on my treadmill workout it wouldn't be good.
Newsflash. Just because you meant something, doesn't mean that's what you wrote.
Without spending MORE money on MORE equipment, I'm more than capable of finding new ways to alter my workouts to still make the challenging... If I choose to. Some days all I want to do is walk for an hour on my treadmill with no incline at all. But in my world, doing something is better than nothing.
[Edited 2/3/2015 9:03:12 PM ]
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| 2/3/2015 10:54:13 PM |
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cupocheer
Assumption, IL
68, joined May. 2010
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| 2/3/2015 11:09:26 PM |
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rdeffley
San Jose, CA
36, joined Sep. 2009
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You've also never heard of a treadmill NOT having incline.
Re-read what you said. Break it down word by word.
You suggested I needed this sled to get a 'good workout'
You also basically said if I wasn't using an incline on my treadmill workout it wouldn't be good.
Newsflash. Just because you meant something, doesn't mean that's what you wrote.
Without spending MORE money on MORE equipment, I'm more than capable of finding new ways to alter my workouts to still make the challenging... If I choose to. Some days all I want to do is walk for an hour on my treadmill with no incline at all. But in my world, doing something is better than nothing.
You have the ability to take everything I say the wrong way..LOL
When I say that I've never heard of a treadmill without an incline, I question how well the machine is going to hold up. Granted, you only paid $100 for it and it was more for in home convenience. But still every other treadmill out there has some form of incline option, so why not make sure you have all the options? I mean there is a reason why you're adding your own incline apparatus. I still think that's awesome BTW.
But I still don't understand how me saying that something will give you a really good workout insults you or what you're doing. If anything, I mentioned it because you seem like a woman that's in great shape who loves to bust her ass. When I come across people who love fitness, I like to mention things like the Prowler, battle ropes, etc because people who love fitness usually like variety. I mean you obviously do a variety of training right? So for the last time, I truly sincerely meant no ill intent with anything I said. I just think you've had some bad experiences with trainers in general and that makes you a bit sensitive on the issue.
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| 2/4/2015 12:03:58 AM |
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clarencec
South Yorkshire
United Kingdom
59, joined Oct. 2008
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A sobering study here from the BBC for all hardcore exercisers.. 
Too much jogging 'as bad as no exercise at all'
Too much jogging may be as bad for you as not putting on your running shoes at all, a report in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology says.
Scientists studied more than 1,000 healthy joggers and non-joggers over a 12-year period.
Those who jogged at a steady pace for less than two and a half hours a week were least likely to die in this time.
But those who ran more than four hours a week or did no exercise had the highest death rates.
'Upper limit'
Analysing questionnaires filled out by all the people in the Danish study, scientists concluded the ideal pace was about 5mph (8km/h) and that it was best to jog no more than three times a week or for 2.5 hours in total.
People who jogged more intensively - particularly those who jogged more than three times a week or at a pace of more than 7mph - were as likely to die as those who did no exercise.
Researcher Jacob Louis Marott, from the Frederiksberg Hospital in Copenhagen, said: "You don't actually have to do that much to have a good impact on your health.
"And perhaps you shouldn't actually do too much.
"No exercise recommendations across the globe mention an upper limit for safe exercise, but perhaps there is one."
Scientists are not yet sure what is behind this trend - but they say changes to the heart during extreme exercise could contribute.
'Brisk walking'
In their report, they suggest: "Long-term strenuous endurance exercise may induce pathological structural remodelling of the heart and arteries."
Maureen Talbot, senior cardiac nurse at the British Heart Foundation, said: "This study shows that you don't have to run marathons to keep your heart healthy.
"Light and moderate jogging was found to be more beneficial than being inactive or undertaking strenuous jogging, possibly adding years to your life.
"National guidelines recommend we do 150 minutes of moderate-intensity activity a week.
"It may sound like a lot, but even brisk walking is good exercise. And if you're bit of a couch potato, this is a good place to start."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-31095384
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| 2/4/2015 12:16:47 AM |
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cupocheer
Assumption, IL
68, joined May. 2010
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A sobering study here from the BBC for all hardcore exercisers..
Too much jogging 'as bad as no exercise at all'
Too much jogging may be as bad for you as not putting on your running shoes at all, a report in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology says.
Scientists studied more than 1,000 healthy joggers and non-joggers over a 12-year period.
Those who jogged at a steady pace for less than two and a half hours a week were least likely to die in this time.
But those who ran more than four hours a week or did no exercise had the highest death rates.
'Upper limit'
Analysing questionnaires filled out by all the people in the Danish study, scientists concluded the ideal pace was about 5mph (8km/h) and that it was best to jog no more than three times a week or for 2.5 hours in total.
People who jogged more intensively - particularly those who jogged more than three times a week or at a pace of more than 7mph - were as likely to die as those who did no exercise.
Researcher Jacob Louis Marott, from the Frederiksberg Hospital in Copenhagen, said: "You don't actually have to do that much to have a good impact on your health.
"And perhaps you shouldn't actually do too much.
"No exercise recommendations across the globe mention an upper limit for safe exercise, but perhaps there is one."
Scientists are not yet sure what is behind this trend - but they say changes to the heart during extreme exercise could contribute.
'Brisk walking'
In their report, they suggest: "Long-term strenuous endurance exercise may induce pathological structural remodelling of the heart and arteries."
Maureen Talbot, senior cardiac nurse at the British Heart Foundation, said: "This study shows that you don't have to run marathons to keep your heart healthy.
"Light and moderate jogging was found to be more beneficial than being inactive or undertaking strenuous jogging, possibly adding years to your life.
"National guidelines recommend we do 150 minutes of moderate-intensity activity a week.
"It may sound like a lot, but even brisk walking is good exercise. And if you're bit of a couch potato, this is a good place to start."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-31095384
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| 2/4/2015 12:25:56 AM |
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cupocheer
Assumption, IL
68, joined May. 2010
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Thank you for posting this information, Clarence.
This is exactly what my cardiologist recommended as my exercise program, brisk walking, and cycling, five miles per day every day ... Walk, cycle, ride, cycle etc .... I was diagnosed in the 1990s with a heart birth defect and have, subsequently, been privilege to know that my heart has, indeed, mastered the ability to "heal itself" and save my life.
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| 2/4/2015 12:21:08 PM |
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luckylouie42
Cedar Grove, WV
75, joined Mar. 2008
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tred mills are really boreing. 
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| 2/4/2015 9:22:45 PM |
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albyak
Ninilchik, AK
68, joined Apr. 2011
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tred mills are really boreing.
You have a good point I ride a bike for most of mine , but with a 15% incline and the evening news to watch they do get me ready to climb the banks in Alaska for fishing and berry and mushroom picking!
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| 2/5/2015 10:52:23 AM |
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dan9787_3
Laval, QC
54, joined Jul. 2014
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Analysing questionnaires filled out by all the people in the Danish study, scientists concluded the ideal pace was about 5mph (8km/h) and that it was best to jog no more than three times a week or for 2.5 hours in total.
People who jogged more intensively - particularly those who jogged more than three times a week or at a pace of more than 7mph - were as likely to die as those who did no exercise.
Scientists are not yet sure what is behind this trend - but they say changes to the heart during extreme exercise could contribute.
In their report, they suggest: "Long-term strenuous endurance exercise may induce pathological structural remodelling of the heart and arteries."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-31095384
5 mph? Depends on effort level, no?
Some will go at 8-9 mph as easily as those who do 5 mph.
And I wonder how accurate the study is...
And strenuous exercise...many run for several hours a week at a comfortable effort level...is that "strenuous"?
[Edited 2/5/2015 10:53:09 AM ]
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| 2/5/2015 10:56:30 AM |
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dan9787_3
Laval, QC
54, joined Jul. 2014
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Light, moderate, intense, strenuous, extreme,
not all the same.
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| 2/5/2015 12:10:47 PM |
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dan9787_3
Laval, QC
54, joined Jul. 2014
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That study has many limitations, it's conclusions are not certain
Due to the fact that this data was collected prospectively, there are considerable limitations. The main limitation is that although the total number of joggers was quite high (around 1,000), once these joggers were split up by duration, frequency and pace of jogging, some of the individual groups were much smaller. This was particularly the case in the most active jogging categories (those who jogged more often, for longer, and at a higher pace). This reduces the ability of the analysis to detect differences between these smaller groups and the sedentary group.
For example, there were only 36 people who were classed as “strenuous” joggers, and only two of these people died. These small numbers mean that we cannot say with certainty that there is definitely no difference between people in the most active jogging categories and the people who are sedentary.
They acknowledge that their study cannot determine whether the jogging patterns themselves directly caused the differences in risk of death seen.
The rest of the article, many good points to consider:
http://www.nhs.uk/news/2015/02February/Pages/Strenuous-jogging-as-bad-as-doing-no-exercise-claim.aspx
Careful with sensational headlines.
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| 2/5/2015 3:41:32 PM |
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no_thanx
Kissimmee, FL
42, joined Aug. 2014
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I wish I had room for a treadmill. 
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| 2/9/2015 10:46:14 AM |
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dixie_dancer
Kansas City, KS
29, joined Feb. 2013
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I think I'm gonna build a detachable laptop platform so I can walk on my treadmill and post to DH at the same time
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| 2/9/2015 4:43:56 PM |
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bradthecowboy
Hampshire, IL
21, joined Apr. 2014
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My legs aren't trained for treadmill running. During the summer I can run outside all day if I wanted to. But can barely run a mile and a quarter on a treadmill.
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| 2/9/2015 5:29:56 PM |
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josecuervosilv
Downey, CA
42, joined Jun. 2010
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My legs aren't trained for treadmill running. During the summer I can run outside all day if I wanted to. But can barely run a mile and a quarter on a treadmill.
First time I hear this. Running on a treadmill is usually easier than running on the ground because you don't have use the muscles that push you forward as much.
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| 2/9/2015 6:38:39 PM |
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dixie_dancer
Kansas City, KS
29, joined Feb. 2013
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First time I hear this. Running on a treadmill is usually easier than running on the ground because you don't have use the muscles that push you forward as much.
Ditto. I can do twice as many treadmill miles as I can outdoors miles.
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| 2/9/2015 8:48:06 PM |
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clarencec
South Yorkshire
United Kingdom
59, joined Oct. 2008
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Whilst labouring on a fixed upper body exercise machine at the gym yesterday, I observed a girly on a treadmill running intervals at 16.5 km aka 10.25 mph. she was running spells then jumping off periodically and resting her feet on the side rails, clear of the still rapidly moving belt. I formed the opinion through observing this behaviour that she must have been doing some form of interval training with a view to improving her performance. She was a total skinny minnie, built like a veritable daddy long legs and looked a likely candidate for the pursuit of this esoteric exalted realm of aspirational athletic activity.
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| 2/9/2015 10:37:37 PM |
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bradthecowboy
Hampshire, IL
21, joined Apr. 2014
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First time I hear this. Running on a treadmill is usually easier than running on the ground because you don't have use the muscles that push you forward as much.
I think it's because I like the scenery and I'm physically going somewhere so I never notice how far or long I'm running. But when I check my tracker I've already ran a 5k after 15 minutes.
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| 2/9/2015 10:44:23 PM |
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dixie_dancer
Kansas City, KS
29, joined Feb. 2013
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My legs aren't trained for treadmill running. During the summer I can run outside all day if I wanted to. But can barely run a mile and a quarter on a treadmill.
This is what you said. That its a physical block.
Now you say it's mental because there's no moving scenery.
Make up your mind on what story you wanna tell
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| 2/9/2015 11:28:38 PM |
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dan9787_3
Laval, QC
54, joined Jul. 2014
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you casually run 5 k in 15 minutes?
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| 2/10/2015 1:06:56 PM |
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clarencec
South Yorkshire
United Kingdom
59, joined Oct. 2008
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I think it's because I like the scenery and I'm physically going somewhere so I never notice how far or long I'm running. But when I check my tracker I've already ran a 5k after 15 minutes.
That's fast. Do you run competitively?
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| 2/11/2015 3:48:03 AM |
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bradthecowboy
Hampshire, IL
21, joined Apr. 2014
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That's fast. Do you run competitively?
Nope, I was just an infantryman in the Army. So all I did was run and train. So I figured I may as well be good at it.
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| 2/11/2015 9:05:34 AM |
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dixie_dancer
Kansas City, KS
29, joined Feb. 2013
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More stories.
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| 2/11/2015 6:49:15 PM |
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dan9787_3
Laval, QC
54, joined Jul. 2014
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If you can run 5 k in 15 without pushing to the max, you could win some cash in local races
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| 2/11/2015 6:58:28 PM |
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dixie_dancer
Kansas City, KS
29, joined Feb. 2013
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(this post has been flagged as inappropriate, sorry.)
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| 2/12/2015 1:18:46 PM |
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icecreamsammich
Tucker, GA
67, joined May. 2014
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3 consecutive 5 minute miles is pretty amazing...
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| 2/12/2015 5:02:59 PM |
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dan9787_3
Laval, QC
54, joined Jul. 2014
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Nope, I was just an infantryman in the Army. So all I did was run and train. So I figured I may as well be good at it.
That's no guarantee, the training isn't specific enough. Otherwise there'd be lots of infantrymen making 15/5 k seem ordinary
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| 2/12/2015 8:44:15 PM |
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dixie_dancer
Kansas City, KS
29, joined Feb. 2013
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That and the running requirement for the infantry is two miles in less than 15/16 minutes. Sure you can run faster, but if you could run that fast, you would have signed onto a division one school for a full ride track scholarship.
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| 2/12/2015 10:55:11 PM |
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cupocheer
Assumption, IL
68, joined May. 2010
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| 2/15/2015 2:12:59 PM |
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dixie_dancer
Kansas City, KS
29, joined Feb. 2013
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15 degrees outside, so I'm watching Bar Rescue reruns walking on my treadmill drinking coffee.
Happy Sunday everyone!
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| 2/15/2015 2:43:05 PM |
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josecuervosilv
Downey, CA
42, joined Jun. 2010
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15 degrees outside, so I'm watching Bar Rescue reruns walking on my treadmill drinking coffee.
Happy Sunday everyone!
Happy Sunday to you too. 15 degrees? Must be nice. We're forced to put up with 75 degrees here in L.A. 
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| 2/15/2015 4:29:31 PM |
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dixie_dancer
Kansas City, KS
29, joined Feb. 2013
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It's gloomy and depressing. Just give me sunshine.
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| 2/16/2015 12:23:33 AM |
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dan9787_3
Laval, QC
54, joined Jul. 2014
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with -20 F. -windchill factored in- ? lol^
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| 2/16/2015 10:28:22 AM |
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dixie_dancer
Kansas City, KS
29, joined Feb. 2013
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I would rather it be -20 with sunshine. Than -20 with no sunshine.
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| 2/16/2015 11:42:49 AM |
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dan9787_3
Laval, QC
54, joined Jul. 2014
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Me too. -23 F. - with wind - right now but I intend to go for at least 10 k this afternoon.
It's sunny!
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| 2/16/2015 12:15:57 PM |
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dixie_dancer
Kansas City, KS
29, joined Feb. 2013
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No sun here 
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| 2/16/2015 1:11:22 PM |
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albyak
Ninilchik, AK
68, joined Apr. 2011
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Went bike riding and walking yesterday and it was so cold I had to put on a long sleeve shirt at sundown
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| 2/16/2015 1:21:43 PM |
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dixie_dancer
Kansas City, KS
29, joined Feb. 2013
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Hush 
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| 2/16/2015 3:17:52 PM |
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cupocheer
Assumption, IL
68, joined May. 2010
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I've seen a treadmill.
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| 2/19/2015 4:40:13 PM |
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albyak
Ninilchik, AK
68, joined Apr. 2011
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Yes and you old bones hurt you now because you never figured out how to turn it on
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| 2/19/2015 4:43:09 PM |
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albyak
Ninilchik, AK
68, joined Apr. 2011
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Hush
 It's here now....say the water trough will be frozen even here in the morning
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| 2/20/2015 5:47:22 PM |
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dixie_dancer
Kansas City, KS
29, joined Feb. 2013
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It's coming again. Ugh.
My heart rate monitor showed up in the mail. It's Bluetooth capable. Curious to see how the old ticket tolerates various workouts.
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| 2/24/2015 3:37:57 PM |
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supermanwade
Los Angeles, CA
21, joined Jan. 2015
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It was just a $100 Craigslist special. Nothing super fancy. It tells me my speed and time and miles, but either the treadmills at the gym are de-tuned, OR this one runs a little faster than it thinks it is. I set it on 7 mph and it felt more like 8-8.5. Either way. A better alternative than coming home and sitting on my rump to watch TV when I could be walking/running.
nice
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