Since the lockdown I managed to stick to my training program on the treadmill. Somedays it's absolute torture, other days time flies by. I managed to mitigate most of the boredom by watching Netflix and YouTube. However what I started to notice is a very noticeable improvement in my fitness. My resting HR dropped 3 beats in the last month and I just feel much stronger and are able to maintain higher Ave speeds at lower heartrates. Is this because the training environment is so much more controled? If I do long Z2 runs I can stay in my zones for 100% of the time if I do intervals and tempo runs I can hit my target pace consistently. Im sure if I hit the road again I will notice immediately where the treadmill lacks, but its just an interesting observation. Oh and recovery is just so much faster, the treadmill impact is much lower, dont know if this is good, but I can no run 6 days a week where I normally took 2 rest days.
