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I have never got to love treadmills. I find them deadly dull and usually located in a hot, stuffy environment. The outdoors is so much better. However, I do often find myself on a treadmill – when the weather is really rotten outside or when I am stuck overnight in a hotel where there is no outdoor running option (happens all the time on those highway overnight stopovers). At those times I am grateful to know that a treadmill is at hand.

I know that not all runners share my negativism about treadmills. I have friends who laud the treadmill as a great training environment. You have the ability to set up precisely the training run you want, with hill gradients and speeds and repetitive programs that, quite frankly, you just cannot replicate with any accuracy on the outdoor trails.

One option is to have your own treadmill in the basement or garage. This might be especially attractive in winter. If you are contemplating this, be sure to check out this website: www.runreviews.com. It has a comprehensive set of independent reviews of the wide range of treadmill products available. In fact, even if you are not about to buy your own treadmill, check out this site to help you decide which machine to use at your gym.

I have to admit that, if I could get my mind to accept routine treadmill exercise, I might benefit from better hill and speed workouts than I get in my present varied outdoor sessions. I really should get to like treadmills more, if not love them. I’ll work on it!

Warwick Ford, April 11, 2010

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