Coronavirus lockdown and exercising outdoors

[Christofison]

  On 3/28/2020 at 6:21 PM, Shebeen said:

Live close next to a golf course. Clearly mowing it is seen as essential service or agriculture, and saw a guy golfing on his own this afternoon.

 

Maybe he is the manager who lives on the property? I'm stuck with 24 laps for the mzansi marathon and a dumb trainer, so properly jealous!

I would kill for a dumb trainer right now.

[eddy]

Dumb trainer, old Cyclops read wheel power meter and GCN on YouTube.

 

Can train body properly but more importantly, train the mind as there is nothing fun or distracting.

[Mudsimus]

Did my longest run ever on the treadmill. Absolute torture. Binge watching The walking dead helps pass the time a little faster.

[Jewbacca]

  On 3/29/2020 at 6:27 AM, Mudsimus said:

Did my longest run ever on the treadmill. Absolute torture. Binge watching The walking dead helps pass the time a little faster.

A friend of mine ran 50km on her treadmill yesterday... My mind boggles!

[Reme Le Hane]

  On 3/29/2020 at 6:46 AM, Jewbacca said:

A friend of mine ran 50km on her treadmill yesterday... My mind boggles!

No, just no... I'd go nuts on a treadmill waaaaay before a lockdown

[Mudsimus]

  On 3/29/2020 at 6:46 AM, Jewbacca said:

A friend of mine ran 50km on her treadmill yesterday... My mind boggles!

She needs help.

[Vetplant]

  On 3/29/2020 at 6:27 AM, Mudsimus said:

Did my longest run ever on the treadmill. Absolute torture. Binge watching The walking dead helps pass the time a little faster.

My goodness! That's amazing composure, well done.

 

I think a 10k would be my limit on our treadmill.

 

Good a time as ever to try it I suppose.

[SwissVan]

  On 3/28/2020 at 8:07 PM, aquaratza said:

Nevermind, made a mistake.

Wash your hands with soap ten times and all will be forgiven son...

 

 

[SwissVan]

  On 3/29/2020 at 6:46 AM, Jewbacca said:

A friend of mine ran 50km on her treadmill yesterday... My mind boggles!

My wife ran 2.5 hrs on our treadmill once during winter when she was training for comrades....

[Jewbacca]

  On 3/29/2020 at 7:34 AM, SwissVan said:

My wife ran 2.5 hrs on our treadmill once during winter when she was training for comrades....

It boggles my mind. I just can't. My legs start feeling disjointed and I start flopping my feet around like goofy.

 

Might be different if I could get a smart one and zwift though..... But probably not.

[Stretch]

  On 3/29/2020 at 6:27 AM, Mudsimus said:

Did my longest run ever on the treadmill. Absolute torture. Binge watching The walking dead helps pass the time a little faster.

One year my brother in law did all his comrades training on a treadmill

[SwissVan]

  On 3/29/2020 at 7:41 AM, Jewbacca said:

It boggles my mind. I just can't. My legs start feeling disjointed and I start flopping my feet around like goofy.

 

Might be different if I could get a smart one and zwift though..... But probably not.

You just need a distraction to keep your mind off the boredom.

We did not have Netflix in those days, so she watched dvd’s on a small portable DVD player while wearing head phones.

 

I once did 6 hrs on my IDT, also in winter.... the biggest issue was the amount of sweat, I was changing sweat soaked shorts and tops every hour

[Mudsimus]

  On 3/29/2020 at 7:41 AM, Jewbacca said:

It boggles my mind. I just can't. My legs start feeling disjointed and I start flopping my feet around like goofy.

 

Might be different if I could get a smart one and zwift though..... But probably not.

I must say it gets better when you go past 10ks. Maybe the mind just goes numb.

[Duane_Bosch]

  On 3/29/2020 at 8:00 AM, SwissVan said:

I once did 6 hrs on my IDT, also in winter.... the biggest issue was the amount of sweat, I was changing sweat soaked shorts and tops every hour

I don't think I could even do 2 hours on an IDT.

[Patchelicious]

  On 3/29/2020 at 8:43 AM, Duane_Bosch said:

I don't think I could even do 2 hours on an IDT.

When I was still taking this sport a little more seriously. I would often do 4 x 2hour sessions per week on a Wattbike. My “longest” ride ever was 600km in 24 hours on Wattbike. I tried to do it again, but after 9 hours I was too bored, the novelty had worn off.

[Knersboy]

  On 3/29/2020 at 7:41 AM, Jewbacca said:

It boggles my mind. I just can't. My legs start feeling disjointed and I start flopping my feet around like goofy.

 

Might be different if I could get a smart one and zwift though..... But probably not.

You will be amazed. Just did a group ride with 3 of my mates on Zwift. Racing up climbs, competing for sprints. Only a 80 minute ride but the time flew by, was never bored.