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« Reply #15 on: June 14, 2010, 05:28:45 PM » |
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No circles in 100m and 200m sprints, so it's safe to come out for now. Besides, the belt doesn't go fast enough for this kind of work...  Mike |
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« Reply #16 on: June 14, 2010, 06:26:19 PM » |
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Mine does.
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« Reply #17 on: June 14, 2010, 06:37:11 PM » |
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Yikes!
Kudos Sandy! I'd be flying off the back!!
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« Reply #17 on: June 14, 2010, 06:37:11 PM » |
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« Reply #18 on: June 14, 2010, 09:37:43 PM » |
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You can't do 100m and 200m standing start sprints on a treadmill, unless you've figured out a way to jump on while it's running at close to sprint speed. You'd just break a rib on the controls if you start out running on any treadmill I've ever seen. Even 400m repeats would be useless while you wait for the belt to accelerate. I might buy 800's, but your first 200m split would be wasted, as would the last 200 (unless you jump off while the belt is running) so you've wasted half the effort. Mile repeats...mile repeats suck no matter where you do them, so, maybe the cleaning staff will mop the sweat from the floor while they prepare your body for burial after the 6th one (or maybe I just hoped that I'd die after that one...). Yup, anything 800m or less needs to be outside, the track is just handy, cause you only have to count off the laps and check your splits, you don't need to get a degree in computer programing to get your Garmin to do all that for you. (Oh, it will, I know.) I guess it's reassuring to me to know that most weeks I can confine my suffering to one little 400m loop. None of it can follow me home. I suppose that's why they put a fence around the track, to keep the madness inside.
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« Reply #19 on: June 15, 2010, 06:02:04 AM » |
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Mike you may not be able to do the track workout you decribed exactly on the treadmill, but I have no doubts a good treadmill speed work on a good quality treadmill will induce the appropriate/similar physiological response. Just "different ways to skin a cat" so to speak, and they both are extremely tough.
I guess the only caveat is if you are actually going to do competitions in the 100m, 200m or 400m then of course you are going to need to do track workouts. Can you say race SPECIFICITY.
But generally as I have heard many times before and completely agree with "speedwork is like icing on a cake", most of us would be better served making a good cake first.
Peace
Peter
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« Reply #20 on: June 15, 2010, 10:29:35 AM » |
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I agree Peter. No point in icing a cake that isn't baked!
Answer: Speedwork
Question: What's the fastest way for a runner to get injured?
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