treadmill vs. outdoors

..hi, I raised this question before to my trainer and he didn't give much that much explaination, but for me, running on TM feels somewhat easier physically co'z the ground is being pulled underneath your feet and there's no wind resistance. Running outdoor demands more from your body co'z you're propelling your body forward stride for stride. Many TM's are padded, making them a good option if you're overweight or with knee injury and want to decrease the impact. You can better simulate outdoor running by setting your TM at 1% incline. Mentally, you may have a tougher time dealing with the monotony of the TM. It's easier to distract yourself when running outside. The bottom line, is if you're training for outside race, it's much better running outside but if it's for your physical fit, then is ok to run on TM..have a nice day!!

Maybe try taking off your socks? Or get those yoga toes socks with the grip bottoms maybe. I've seen YouTube videos of barefoot running studies on treadmills so I know it can be done. Actually a treadmill is probably the only place I would run barefoot, if it was my own treadmill so I knew that nasty feet hadn't been on it.

I want to get a treadmill, but then I'm too lazy to actually go out and look at them and I keep thinking that our weather here really isn't that bad anyway. I don't mind running in rain, we don't get snow, and on the few days when it hails I can be on the exercise bike. However, if I could get a free treadmill I'd give it a try.