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Jul 2023
5:39pm, 11 Jul 2023
95 posts
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SJA
A little tip for footpods - turn of auto calibration and do it manually for the treadmill runs. Otherwise when you go outside it will recalibrate to gps and that does tend to mess it up. Must be a stride length thing outside compared to in!
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Jul 2023
5:44pm, 11 Jul 2023
41,572 posts
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SPR
So you're 100% sure your treadmill is picking up the right distance but calibrating with GPS on the footpod means the footpod measures incorrectly on your treadmill?
The Bluetooth ones have ant+ as well, was enabled later. I don't know if that applies to the ant+ ones but guess it doesn't matter if you will always use it with any+
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Jul 2023
5:53pm, 11 Jul 2023
96 posts
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SJA
I used to do all my training on a treadmill when I first started. I have a pretty good idea of pace and effort indoors and out now.
The Dcrainmaker review suggests the pod is accurate between 1.5% and 2% depending on pace. I would hope he used a calibrated treadmill to come to that conclusion but you never know!
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Jul 2023
5:56pm, 11 Jul 2023
97 posts
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SJA
Just to add though, it's probably more a case of me wanting my watch to match the treadmill display rather than 100% accuracy. Makes it much easier to dial in a pace on the machine and get as far as I wanted to in the time I assumed it would take 
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Jul 2023
8:30pm, 11 Jul 2023
21,502 posts
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larkim
Yep, it's the sync between the watch and the treadmill I'm interested in achieving. I wonder whether trying it with zwift instead would solve those inconsistencies as the treadmill I've got can sync with zwift, so I'm guessing whatever zwift says in terms of distance would be dictated to by the treadmill
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Jul 2023
2:55pm, 18 Jul 2023
21,579 posts
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larkim
Settled on Zwift being the ideal compromise of getting the activity distance to match what the treadmill is telling me, irrespective of whether I actually think the treadmill distance is "real". Given that zwift remains free for runners, this is perfect for me! And I'm busy exploring options to get zwift to interact with the treadmill to send back incline (ideally) and speed changes (for intervals, as a maybe) to make it all a bit more swish. Only downside is that the only tool I have to "watch" the zwift stuff is my phone so the screen is tiny! Being too much of a gadget enthusiast, I've run nearly every day this last week inside despite outside being lovely running weather!
The one thing I did notice, which I thought was at least mildly interesting, was that on the treadmill I can maintain a consistent low heart rate for a given pace, with a touch of variability mainly to do with what I'm thinking of at the time (e.g. work - HR goes up, zone out - HR goes down). But in the middle of a 6m easy run I whacked the elevation up to 15% for about 10s whilst keeping the pace the same. Obviously effort went up as recorded by HR (and breathing), but I put it straight back down again. For the remainder of the run the HR stayed at an elevated rate compared to the first half of the run, despite me spending another 20 minutes doing the same sort of easy running.
Whether that points to a fitness issue or just something more "normal" physiologically I don't know.
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Jul 2023
5:32pm, 20 Jul 2023
100 posts
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SJA
Looking at possible GFA marathons for the end of cuttoff and it is annoying that they cut off on a Saturday - 30th September, the day before Loch Ness.
The qualifying dates are 03/10/2022 - 30/09/2023 so last years Loch Ness marathon on the 2nd October would not have qualified for next year either.
Have they got something against Loch Ness!?
May have to do Bedford Autodrome 24th September but would have rather not had to do laps!
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Jul 2023
9:05am, 26 Jul 2023
21,657 posts
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larkim
Struggling to find time at the moment to fit in the runs for the plan between work / home etc for Marathon Eryri, though just about winning the struggle. The running is OK, it's the constant battle with myself to be sufficiently motivated and organised to get it all done. Treadmill came in handy over the last couple of weeks just for a bit of motivation to do something different, and then vice versa now I can lean into the difference of actually running outdoors.
Heading down to Lincolnshire at the weekend and hoping to bag a last minute place in the Heckington 10 if we get there early enough to swipe one of the 8 places available on the day. No intention of going too fast, and blew up last year when I thought I was fitter than I was, but it's usually a nice event and doing it earns me a seat for the rest of the day watching the livestock / tractors / motorbike display team etc etc so it's worth it just for that.
Grumbly left lower calf / top achilles is annoying me. It started up about 8 weeks ago and has not got worse or better, and seems more aggravated by the Brooks Adrenaline shoes which are meant to be my easy running / comfortable option. So alternating shoes a little more than I would usually just to keep things steady. Should probably do some eccentric heel drops but I keep forgetting.
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Jul 2023
11:42am, 26 Jul 2023
15,176 posts
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jda
Do them after your run larkim (or before if you prefer), that saves having to plan them as a separate activity.
I always found a few fixed sessions (like club nights and the regular sunday morning slot) helped to ensure a reasonable mileage without too much thought. If there's a regular TV show you like and your family doesn't, that might work for the tready too (though streaming tends to negate any rigid timetabling).
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Jul 2023
11:54am, 26 Jul 2023
21,660 posts
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larkim
Catching up on Star Wars Rebels might drive me to the treadmill over the next few weeks ahead of Asohka coming out.
But yes, fixed stuff works well - the issue over the last month or so has been ad hoc stuff coming up on evenings when I'd normally have more rigidity (e.g. school parents evenings, end of term concerts, work evening meetings, cinema trips (courtesy of Meerkat movies on a Tues / Weds) etc). And now holiday time disrupts too (shouldn't complain about that).
Club sessions are the exception for me - they start at 6:30 and I only tend to arrive home about 6:15 on a work night so it's a real rush to get out for them - would merrily attend if they started 7:30-8:00, but I guess most other club members live / work closer hence the choice of timing.
I've always been nervous about anything stretchy before or after a run given I've never really done any. Wonder which would be regarded as best practice for achilles?
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