Originally Posted by
Lambchop
People find it boring but i far prefer it as cardio to others. I used to run only on a treadmill basically so i could keep tabs on dist/time. People have mentioned it's easier/better running outside but i've never got round to it.
Only ran 10k 2-3 times and my best time was 51.24. Thats prob quite pants but hey.
Treadmills are good. They give your knee a break from all of the pounding on the tarmac. Your knee has no shock absortion, it's simply a pivot joint like your elbow.
Also if you pick an injury up you can simply press stop. Where as if your out on the road I know I have felt my knee pull and still made it home running at least 3 miles on it.
Your time is not that bad. I'm am unfit at the moment and would probably do there abouts that. my best time for a 10k was 43:12 if I remember, 10 miler 1hour 9mins
At the end of the day if you can complete the course without stopping youve acheived something
