Lately, due to weather, I have been forced to find love on the treadmill. I used to run most of my training runs on the treadmill and be okay with it, however the past 4 years I have learned that the outdoors is just SO MUCH BETTER!
A few weeks ago, we had a huge dump of snow, which pretty much made running out of doors impossible. Luckily, the past few months, I had been doing one day each week on the treadmill. Speed work. I had two things in my favor. First, my friend Kelly and I met to do our speed work together and she is awesome motivation and second, the constant change that speed work presents does, in fact make the workout not so mundane. Now that I have spent a few more days each week on the treadmill in addition to the speed work, I needed to find a change up – and for that I chose to start running indoor hills!
Try this treadmill workout below if you need a new challenge, new routine or simply anything new!
10 minutes warm-up
¼ mile at 4.0% incline (quick pace, but something you can maintain
for the whole ¼ mile)
for the whole ¼ mile)
¼ mile at race pace (or if you don’t have a race pace, a pace that will
challenge your legs and your lungs)
challenge your legs and your lungs)
Repeat this sequence 4-6 times and end with a 5-10 minute cool down. Some days when I had extra energy, I would increase the % incline by .5 each interval. Try it!
p.s – here is a picture of my mom and I before the PF Chang Rock n Roll 2012. We both did awesome!
