DVDs of real runs for watching while on a treadmill

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Aug 2012
10:59am, 23 Aug 2012
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♪♫ ♪♫ Synge ♪♫ ♪♫
We have just taken the plunge and bought a treadmill. Next step is to fix up a DVD player and TV screen in front of it.

Can anyone recommend any DVDs with first-person views of actual runs that we could load up to watch while training?

When I was running the Berlin Marathon last year, I saw a runner with a camera fixed onto his head and I assumed he must be taping the whole run. A quick google search shows nothing - I suppose it may have been intended for a tv channel or a web feed of some sort rather than for a commercial DVD.
Aug 2012
11:07am, 23 Aug 2012
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UltraPaulo
Won't you ahve to run at the same pace that it was filmed at?! :)
Aug 2012
11:10am, 23 Aug 2012
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♪♫ ♪♫ Synge ♪♫ ♪♫
I'm guessing that a difference of a minute or two per mile either way wouldn't be too offputting, I don't really know. I think I like this idea more for the scenery than for a 100% realistic simulation.

Obviously it wouldn't be much use watching something filmed from a bike or a car!
Aug 2012
11:42am, 23 Aug 2012
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Andy39
I like to watch a film or tv episode depending on the length of run. I could see the appeal tho of a first person race footage of say the NY marathon.
Aug 2012
11:43am, 23 Aug 2012
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Old Croc
there are some bike variants for turbo training - dont know if they would translate to treadmill
Aug 2012
12:07pm, 23 Aug 2012
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♪♫ ♪♫ Synge ♪♫ ♪♫
I think bike videos are based on sensors, cables (or wireless?), software and PCs. I am looking for a simple DVD solution - if there is one - otherwise I'll just line up all eight seasons of 24 and start working through those again!
Aug 2012
12:11pm, 23 Aug 2012
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Keefy Beefy
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Aug 2012
12:12pm, 23 Aug 2012
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Old Croc
no there are some non linked ones too
Aug 2012
1:08pm, 23 Aug 2012
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♪♫ ♪♫ Synge ♪♫ ♪♫
KB - brilliant! I have just ordered "Hopkinton to Boston" (which seems to be a marathon-length route near Boston rather than the Boston Marathon!).

The shorter DVDs come with a range of options on pace, which you can set when you play the DVD, but unfortunately because of the length of this one, you have to specify the pace you want prior to ordering it! You can select pacing for marathons of 2:59, 3:29, 3:59 or 4:29. I've gone for the 8 minute/mile option, which is a good average training pace for me. I suspect that it will still seem reasonably natural if I am actually running, say, half a minute slower or faster.

I'll let you know how I get on ...

Thanks!
Aug 2012
1:19pm, 23 Aug 2012
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Mark J
Brilliant, how useful and how funny all at the same time.

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