Originally Posted by
bschaff1
Back to running on my healed up leg. Did 3.5 miles last night and another 3.5 this morning.
It's my first time running in 2 months after a stress fracture and I'm slower than ever. I didn't realize what a difference running is from the elliptical.
Oh, yes. I agree. I've been a runner for 15+ years and took about the past six months off due to a strange knee condition - did the cross-trainer instead for the duration and there's almost no comparison. Although the impact on the joints is far less, the training benefits are somewhere between 2/3 and 3/4 of what you'd get on a treadmill - which means isntead of running 40 minutes, you have to spend an hour on the cross-trainer.
Did my first road-run in several months the other day - a nice, easy 38:00 five miles in the beautiful sunshine.