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Miles or KM on treadmills? etc

  • 25-03-2011 5:27pm
    #1
    Clearl
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    my gym uses precor (i think thats the name..) gym equipment...it took me 20 mins to run 2.43 and 10 mins to cycle 4.31, but i can't figure out whether that's km or miles...any help?! thanks


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  • #2
    RoyMcC
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    Unless you're walking then that's miles.


  • #3
    mloc123
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    Its a number, it has no real world relevance anyway so I would say it doesn't really matter if they call it km or miles.


  • #4
    RoyMcC
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    mloc123 wrote: »
    Its a number, it has no real world relevance anyway so I would say it doesn't really matter if they call it km or miles.

    That's a great philosophy mloc :)


  • #5
    mloc123
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    RoyMcC wrote: »
    That's a great philosophy mloc :)

    But it is true, speed on a threadmill for the most part does not translate to road and speed on a stationary bike is a random number. I think the only metric that is worth noting on either would be HR.


  • #6
    RoyMcC
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    Can't speak for the bike (doubt if I could ride one these days) but there's some correlation between tready and road - of course there are variables which you can narrow by altering the incline, etc.

    But no, I actually wish sometimes I could just run and not give a stuff how far I've been, just run for the hell of it. The day I stop entering races maybe I will.


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