I accidentally overslept this morning. Having extra-refreshed myself, I dithered all morning and finally got changed for an early afternoon run, then dithered some more and finally it was too late before it gets dark (the sun sets at 4:19 today), so I just did a treadmill run again.
As this is the third in a row, I have decided to increment the run total on my outdoor run workouts, since I’m putting in roughly the same effort and distance on the treadmill.
The one disadvantage to the treadmill, other than being not nearly as interesting and varied as running outside, is I miss anywhere from 3 to 13 km of walking to and from where I run, which adds up! Perhaps I will step outside before dinner to touch a tree. In the meantime, stats!
I think the slower pace, longer time, lower BPM and calorie burn can all be attributed to how I started the run. On the previous run, I started the treadmill on a slower walking pace, then ramped up and only started timing the run once it was up to its max speed of 9. Today, I started the treadmill (when you push the start button, it defaults to moving at Speed 1), then pressed the Speed 9 button and started timing right after. I’m not sure how long it takes to go from 1 to 9, but my initial lap was 5:46/km and subsequent laps were all around 5:33-5:36 (except for the last one, see below).
Strangely, I tried ramping the speed up for the final lap again, to 9.3 (faster than previously) but still ended up slower. I’m not sure how I can run slower when setting the treadmill to move faster, but maybe I don’t understand physics. Or it’s just a hint to go back outside. Which I will totally do on Wednesday!
Stats:
Speed: 9.0-9.3 (9.0-9.2)
Incline: 1 (1)
Pace: 5:41/km (5:35/km)
Time: 28:39 (28:07)
Distance: 5.04 km (5.03 km)
Calories burned: 338 (347)
BPM: 142 (149)
Parenthetical numbers are from the previous treadmill run.
More stats (the only stats changed are total distance and the run stats for the shoes):
Run 902
Average pace: 5:34/km
Training status: Maintaining
Location: Burnaby Lake (CCW, short loop)
Start: 10:04 a.m.
Distance: 5.04 km
Time: 28:01
Weather: Cloudy
Temp: 5°C
Humidity: 86-83%
Wind: light
BPM: 153
Weight: 168.0
Total distance to date: 6,375 km
Devices: Garmin Forerunner 255 Music, iPhone 12, AirPods (3rd generation)
Shoes: HOKA Speedgoat 6 (165/277/427)
