Running indoors and on the treadmill has been great for me. For a good part of 2008, that's how I trained. I spent plenty of time at the very beginning of my running year outdoor but once July hit I pretty much stayed indoors.
This year, I need to focus and concentrate more on outdoor runs. I will try and run at least twice a week outdoors.
Now, I'm not planning on giving up the treadmill entirely - how else can I do my intervals? But for my distance runs I definitely need to spend those outdoors.
Another element of running outdoors are hills. As I'll participate in the Mud Run again this year, I'll have to improve my conditioning in hills if I want to surpass my time from a year ago. But in general, running hills is a great way to build up the leg muscles and improve conditioning.
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oh, i'm telling ya, you really have to look into getting the garmin for outdoor running... now that christmas is over, you can ebay it for pretty cheap...
Dawn, you pretty much put the bug in my ear about the Garmin. I salivate over the possibilities of actually owning one. I'm going to make it a point to get one, when I can find some extra cash of course. Right now, I'm going to see about getting new running shoes - otherwise I'd have the money to get it now. But I'd love to get it soon, to have a great tool like that during my half-marathon training. That would probably be invaluable. I was thinking during my run this morning that I could never have gotten as far as I've gotten in terms of running without my heart rate monitor. Maybe I'll say the same thing about the Garmin at some point in the future.
Oh that money thing! :) I know that well!! And shoes do come first!! I really do think you'll love it.. Patience on Ebay will pay when the time comes!
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