TREADMILL SESSIONS
Treadmill dreadmill, right? Wrong! We all prefer getting outside to run but doing some sessions on the treadmill serves many a purpose: bad weather avoidance, concentrated speed sessions and hill intervals, and tempo runs
Words and plans by: Laura Fountain
Treadmills can help runners of all abilities keep their training on track when the weather makes it difficult to train outside – both in summer when temperatures soar and in winter in snow and ice
Treadmills are a great training tool that the treadmill and run inside, and if you live or get a lot of unnecessary flack from work in a busy, built-up area, there’s certainly runners. They can help runners of all a benefit in not having to stop for traffic all abilities keep their training on track the time when you’re running on a treadmill. when the weather makes it difficult or But it’s not just the practicalities of making impossible to train outside – both in the training easier that mean treadmills are a summer when the temperature soars and in great tool to have at your disposal. They can the winter when snow and ice make it also make you a faster and stronger runner if hazardous to run outside. Women runners you use them to do some interval training or who are concerned about safety can turn to tempo runs.