For those who use a treadmill how far do you run on it and in what time? I have one at home and I just completed 6.10km in 41 minutes, 2 mins of that was a warm up and 2 mins a warm down. I was going at around 9 - 10km/h.

I have no idea what is classed as fit or whether I am doing enough. I have only been doing it for 3 weeks so I am sure I will improve. At first I couldn't go faster than 7km/h for 20 mins.

My heart rate (Polar HRM) was at least 140 but for the last 15 mins 150 - 160. I'm 34 (218lbs) years old so is that about right?

I just wondered what everyone is doing?

Thanks

When I do HIIT on the treadmill I start at 3mph for 30 seconds then jump to 12mph for 30 seconds then bad to 3mph ect.... In 20 minutes I run a lil over 2 miles

When I don't do HIIT, when I just run, I run at 5mph and jump it up to 6mph then 7 then down again but never below 5mph I do this for different amount of times. When I run for and hour like this I run 3-5 miles.

P.S. I also incline it sometimes....rarely though

I normally jog at exactley 6mph, with an incline of 2.5% for when i do my cardio.

Dependant upon how long i stay on for, if i do 30 mins, i do 3 miles, 40 mins - 4 miles.

For those who use a treadmill how far do you run on it and in what time? I have one at home and I just completed 6.10km in 41 minutes, 2 mins of that was a warm up and 2 mins a warm down. I was going at around 9 - 10km/h.

I have no idea what is classed as fit or whether I am doing enough. I have only been doing it for 3 weeks so I am sure I will improve. At first I couldn't go faster than 7km/h for 20 mins.

My heart rate (Polar HRM) was at least 140 but for the last 15 mins 150 - 160. I'm 34 (218lbs) years old so is that about right?

I just wondered what everyone is doing?

Thanks

You are doing ok. Go by the heart monitor a LOT. There are tables which are good to look at:

http://www.brianmac.demon.co.uk/vo2max.htm

If you get to the shin splint danger zone and there you might want to reduce the impact by slowing the treadmill down and increasing the incline, and eventually adding weight. But since you have the heart monitor, you can match the cardio intensity even though you reduce the impact on your joints.

You are going to improve at your own rate and find your own peak level of performance. I trained for a marathon utilizing my treadmill a lot (I am NOT going to run 15 miles in a snowstorm!) and now I use it for my HIIT runs (those last about 20 minutes, with 5 min cool down tacked on), and also LISS (where I do 3.5-3.7 MPH at 10% incline for about 40 minutes)

You will feel your body improve as time moves on and you are consistent. For me, running a consistent just sub 10 minute mile for a total of 3 miles IS my peak. For others, that would be considered excessively slow. It's all about you. You are in competition with no one else.

Good job!

This is my first set of HIIT sessions. I jog for 2:30 mins @ 5 MPH and then sprint at 7 MPH for 1:30 mins. I do this for 30 mins, which includes a last 5 mins 4.5 MPH cooldown. I complete around 3 miles in 30 mins.

A couple of weeks ago I went crazy and ran 6.5 miles in 53 mins, varying the pace between 6mph to 8.0mph, burning 805 calories in the process. I did this 3 times in 5 days, and now I can't run anymore as it caused injury in my lower calfs and ankle joints. Now I'm gonna have to use the eleptical machine until I recover.

A couple of weeks ago I went crazy and ran 6.5 miles in 53 mins, varying the pace between 6mph to 8.0mph, burning 805 calories in the process. I did this 3 times in 5 days, and now I can't run anymore as it caused injury in my lower calfs and ankle joints. Now I'm gonna have to use the eleptical machine until I recover.

Damn, sorry to hear about the injuries, thats a good w/o burning 805! I really hope you recover soon so you can get back to it. You must be pretty pissed right now.

Damn, sorry to hear about the injuries, thats a good w/o burning 805! I really hope you recover soon so you can get back to it. You must be pretty pissed right now.

Yeah I'm so annoyed at the moment, I thought I was making some real progress and now it feels like its all gone to waste. Looking back it would've been better if I gradually built up to the level I was running at. I went from running 6.5mph for 45 mins to what I was doing in like 2 days. Well I've learnt my lesson now, it's best to take things slowly, even if you think your body can handle the extra strain. If there's anyone else new to running I reccomend you only go up by a max of
1 minute each time you run, otherwise you'll live to regret it.

I did one session at 11km/h which is fast for me since I usually stick at around 9km/h. I started getting shin splints so I eased up and I'm better now although not perfect.

Your progress isnt wasted though, maybe you'll be able to start back again in a week or so. Good luck :)

I usually run two standard international distances on the treadmill: 5K or 3K. I do this so that I can compare my time against anyone other ppl (internet or not, treadmill or not).

This also motivates me to beat my own personal record, every day.

The first time I did 5K, I did it in 36 m 45s, which is terribly slow, but I was alive afterwards. My best time is 33 m 33 s, whereas the best athletes do 5K in 20 minutes.

The first run on 3K was completed in 22 minutes; my current 3K record is 18m 46 sec, whereas athletes complete it in 11 minutes... So theres a heck of a lot of improvement left :)