Advice needed before buying a treadmill

suki1964

bouicca21 wrote: »

I'm with Suki. A treadmill is mind bogglingly boring. I did Couch to 5K from the NHS website, 3 days a week. The progress you can make is amazing. But even that got boring so I joined a gym and bought a bike.

Thats why I devise challenges for myself

First one was a five mile charity walk on the hottest day of the year, took me an hour and half, I was one of the stragglers coming in at the end. Done the same one last year, 1hr 10 mins. This year I plan for 50 mins as I should have the stamina to run some of it and move my feet a bit quicker the rest of it

Hence the couch to 10k starting next month ( fingers crossed ) its a challenge which won't kill me but will inspire me to get that half marathon done in a decent time

Im also signed up for a 10 mile Northern lights walk around the coast and hope also to take part in the walk into light this year

Im also very lucky I have a neighbour who also likes to walk and we push each other when the boredom creeps in. I do have a bike as well but I don't use that so much as the hills here kill my knees ( very hilly in NI)

The gym work is great. My PT is working with me on my back problems, building my upper strength but the cost at the moment is something I cant really afford more then once a week. But hes happy enough to teach me the exercises I need to do home alone or just pay for the gym. Im just not that confident at the moment

Getting up off the sofa, out the door and walking has been the best thing I have done for myself in years.