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 2008-10-06 2:36 PM |
Expert  938   |  Subject: Cancelled gym membership todayI decided it was time to take off the training wheels and move on to real life. I could constantly run in the sub 28:30 pace on the treadmill, and thought it might transfer over to the road. No such luck. So, just in time for winter in NJ, I decided to take the plunge to only running outside. Perfect timing has never been my forte. Now if I could just end boredom on the trainer.
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| 2008-10-06 2:46 PM in reply to: #1721441 |
Extreme Veteran 638 Carlsbad, CA | Subject: RE: Cancelled gym membership today kagoscuba - 2008-10-06 2:36 PM Now if I could just end boredom on the trainer.
Maybe you could get a friend or family member to occasionally throw small stuffed animal puppies at your bike so you can pretend to either evade them or run them over. Not only would it be tons of fun, but you'd have stories to tell here every day. |
| 2008-10-06 2:50 PM in reply to: #1721441 |
Elite 3371  | Subject: RE: Cancelled gym membership today Give me the cold over the treadmill any day. You won't regret it. Edited by steveseer 2008-10-06 2:51 PM |
| 2008-10-06 2:52 PM in reply to: #1721504 |
Cycling Guru 15134 Fulton, MD | Subject: RE: Cancelled gym membership today As a year round outdoor runner, let me just say welcome to the club! And if I can do it in Maryland, should be the same sort of conditions up there in Jersey. Enjoy! And get good cold weather gear!!!!! Makes all the difference. |
| 2008-10-06 2:55 PM in reply to: #1721441 |
Champion 5312 Calgary | Subject: RE: Cancelled gym membership today Good on you. I could never run on the treadmill. Just watch out for the black ice under light snow, ouchie. |
 2008-10-06 3:15 PM in reply to: #1721504 |
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| 2008-10-06 3:19 PM in reply to: #1721441 |
| Champion 5782 Northridge, California | Subject: RE: Cancelled gym membership today Good for you...my wife just made the same decision at the end of last week. |
| 2008-10-06 3:48 PM in reply to: #1721441 |
| New Haven, CT | Subject: RE: Cancelled gym membership today Is it wrong to push a stroller with a baby at night, over poorly lit roads, with snow and black ice on them, when the temp is below freezing, so I can get a training run in? I mean the treadmill does suck and the kid needs to learn how to deal with the cold, right? Plus, I would not do more than 2 hours at a time. Also, same question but with 5 year old in a bike trailer. |
| 2008-10-06 4:05 PM in reply to: #1721441 |
| New user 5 | Subject: RE: Cancelled gym membership today Lucky you!!! I'm stuck on the thing till I can get my 305. I hate running without knowing my pace and HR. Then I'll have true freedom!!!! Rock on!!! |
| 2008-10-06 4:33 PM in reply to: #1721441 |
| Subject: RE: Cancelled gym membership today My gym membership is basically for the pool. Running outside is WAY better. I've run inside out of necessity (cuz of dark and being a girl in an urban area), but it sucks. |
| 2008-10-06 4:40 PM in reply to: #1721744 |
| Expert 1076 Las Vegas, NV | Subject: RE: Cancelled gym membership today jsklarz - 2008-10-06 1:48 PM Is it wrong to push a stroller with a baby at night, over poorly lit roads, with snow and black ice on them, when the temp is below freezing, so I can get a training run in? I mean the treadmill does suck and the kid needs to learn how to deal with the cold, right? Plus, I would not do more than 2 hours at a time. Also, same question but with 5 year old in a bike trailer. Kids are tough, just bundle 'em up right. Heck, in Finland they put their little kids outside in the stroller to nap in the winter and there's no shortage of -cold- there! Todd |
| 2008-10-06 4:49 PM in reply to: #1721870 |
| Extreme Veteran 694 | Subject: RE: Cancelled gym membership today wurkit_gurl - 2008-10-06 2:33 PM My gym membership is basically for the pool. Running outside is WAY better. I've run inside out of necessity (cuz of dark and being a girl in an urban area), but it sucks. X2 |
| 2008-10-06 4:56 PM in reply to: #1721441 |
| Expert 1139 Austin | Subject: RE: Cancelled gym membership today Your pace really does take a hit when you have to exert that extra energy to actually push your way through the air. |
| 2008-10-06 5:00 PM in reply to: #1721815 |
| Master 1741 Chapel Hill, NC | Subject: RE: Cancelled gym membership today starscream81 - 2008-10-06 5:05 PM Lucky you!!! I'm stuck on the thing till I can get my 305. I hate running without knowing my pace and HR. Then I'll have true freedom!!!! Rock on!!! True freedom is running where you dont' have a watch at all and you are just enjoying it. Hard to come by for us data junkie triathletes. |
| 2008-10-06 5:49 PM in reply to: #1721441 |
| Expert 658 | Subject: RE: Cancelled gym membership today running on the treadmill is boring! i dont like the gym ne more, its just buff guys in tank tops checking themselves out in the mirror :s kinda creepy! |
| 2008-10-06 6:41 PM in reply to: #1721441 |
| Pro 4828 The Land of Ice and Snow | Subject: RE: Cancelled gym membership today Good for you! I have not been to the gym in a long, long time. I LOVE running outside, even in the freezing cold...it gets wicked cold here. As for trainer boredom I'm with you. Its mind numbing. I am going to try and ride outside as long as I possibly can this year...will put away the carbon and get out the old junker when it snows and they start to salt the roads. |
| 2008-10-06 6:47 PM in reply to: #1721441 |
| Veteran 521 | Subject: RE: Cancelled gym membership today I cancelled mine today as well. Hubby and I are saving for an adoption and that is money better spent for our daughter. I can ride on the trainer, run outside or on my sisters treadmill. The swim will be the only issue. We might join the Y or I may join a masters group. Kara |
| 2008-10-06 8:11 PM in reply to: #1721441 |
| Master 1289 Franklin, TN | Subject: RE: Cancelled gym membership today I recently sold my trainers and bought some rollers. Was getting very lazy on the trainer. |
| 2008-10-06 8:13 PM in reply to: #1721898 |
| Sneaky Slow 8694 Herndon, VA, | Subject: RE: Cancelled gym membership today MKAH - 2008-10-06 5:49 PM wurkit_gurl - 2008-10-06 2:33 PM My gym membership is basically for the pool. Running outside is WAY better. I've run inside out of necessity (cuz of dark and being a girl in an urban area), but it sucks. X2 X3, except the being a girl part. |
| 2008-10-06 8:28 PM in reply to: #1721441 |
| Member 271 Ontario | Subject: RE: Cancelled gym membership today Canadians run outside...even when it's cold. ( well I do anyway) They won't let my dogs run along side me on the treadmill at the gym. Canadian dogs are mean. They eat your shoes if you don't take them for their run! Life sure is tough in Canada.
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Then you have to go all the way back to USA to buy more shoes because they don't sell Newtons in Canada. 
| 2008-10-06 8:59 PM in reply to: #1721441 |
| Pro 6767 the Alabama part of Pennsylvania | Subject: RE: Cancelled gym membership today x3 on the pool. Plus the suana. |
| 2008-10-06 9:29 PM in reply to: #1722450 |
| Master 1741 Chapel Hill, NC | Subject: RE: Cancelled gym membership today orange223 - 2008-10-06 9:11 PM I recently sold my trainers and bought some rollers. Was getting very lazy on the trainer. I'd like to hear more about the rollers...? |
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