This has probably been written about before, but can running on a treadmill (occassionally) be good for improving your form? We had a lot of ice and slush here today and I finally decided to go to the "Y" and run on a treadmill for the first time in a very long time. It seemed like I was extra-conscious of my form. Maybe a combination of feeling watched (though I'm sure I wasn't) and the fact that the pace is constant (you have to make a conscious choice to go faster or slower - if you don't keep up, you fall off). It seemed that I would have been unable to "overstride" because my toes would have gone off the front, so you have to focus on stride rate. It was easy to do a tempo run because again, you force the speed. There was a woman in front of me that I watched (who is a very good local runner) and noticed how quick her stride rate was and how it seemed like her foot was already moving back when it touched the ground on impact, not in front of her at all - directly under her.<br><br>
The sad part, the three mile tempo of my 8 mile run was not even at my half marathon pace from last fall (and I was tired). It's a little depressing to think that I have lost what I had gained, but I've only been getting in 20-25 easy miles a week this winter. I hope I can get it back more quickly than I acquired it in the first place.
The sad part, the three mile tempo of my 8 mile run was not even at my half marathon pace from last fall (and I was tired). It's a little depressing to think that I have lost what I had gained, but I've only been getting in 20-25 easy miles a week this winter. I hope I can get it back more quickly than I acquired it in the first place.
