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Date: 02 Aug 2006 21:16:13
From: userfriendly
Subject: Asphalt, trails- best of both worlds...
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Which surface is better? Asphalt or trails? Just an anecdote from a run
this week.
I was in Jamestown (near Greensboro) North Carolina Monday. Same heat as
everywhere else. Staying with a relative. Hit the road and was on a
greenway in a mile or so. Greenway was a hilly asphalt. Did 3 or so miles.
Hot, humid, but shady. Achilles tendons were sore as usual (have been for
years). Right knee was hurting a bit. On the way out, I saw several trails
verging off the greenway. So on the way back, I decided to explore and
wound up on fairly technical trails with roots, uneven terrain, etc. The
pains disappeared and running became effortless. I hit the greenway again
after 20 minutes or so and within minutes, the pains were back.
Again, proves nothing. But for me- an experiment of one- trails far outpace
treadmill and asphalt/concrete. Unfortunately, I don't live in Greensboro,
so most of the trails available to me are up the sides of mountains.
Now if I only hadn't had to walk around the waterpark all day Monday after
the run...
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Date: 04 Aug 2006 02:44:17
From: Mark Hutchinson
Subject: Re: Asphalt, trails- best of both worlds...
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userfriendly said...
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>Which surface is better? Asphalt or trails?
It depends on where you live. If within striking distance of
a trail, most people will choose to run on the trail. It's a
kind of a natural thing to do.
If you live in a metro area and have no other choice, you
will run on paved roads. To convince yourself that there is
no benefit to running on trails, you will turn logic inside
out to prove that running on the roads is really no worse
than running on trails. The extra energy you spend
performing these mental gymnastics is and added bonus. It's
a form of cross-training.
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Date: 04 Aug 2006 15:54:39
From: Donovan Rebbechi
Subject: Re: Asphalt, trails- best of both worlds...
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On 2006-08-04, Mark Hutchinson <marhutch@goamil.com > wrote:
> userfriendly said...
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>>Which surface is better? Asphalt or trails?
>
> It depends on where you live. If within striking distance of
> a trail, most people will choose to run on the trail. It's a
> kind of a natural thing to do.
I go to central park quite often, which has roads and trails. The
drives (road) are always pretty busy. The 1.5 mile reservoir loop
is often busy, but the longer trails are pretty quiet.
> If you live in a metro area and have no other choice, you
> will run on paved roads. To convince yourself that there is
> no benefit to running on trails, you will turn logic inside
> out to prove that running on the roads is really no worse
> than running on trails.
There's no proof either way (though some seem to work *really* hard
trying to prove that trails are better). Until there's proof, why make an
assumption that either one is better ?
> The extra energy you spend
> performing these mental gymnastics is and added bonus. It's
Maybe that would explain your PR (-;
Cheers,
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Donovan Rebbechi
http://pegasus.rutgers.edu/~elflord/
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Date: 07 Aug 2006 00:59:41
From: Mark Hutchinson
Subject: Re: Asphalt, trails- best of both worlds...
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Donovan Rebbechi said...
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>I go to central park quite often, which has roads and
>trails. The drives (road) are always pretty busy. The 1.5
>mile reservoir loop is often busy, but the longer trails are
>pretty quiet.
What's the average life expectancy of a jogger on Central
Park's secluded trails? Any recent stats?
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Date: 07 Aug 2006 02:37:34
From: Donovan Rebbechi
Subject: Re: Asphalt, trails- best of both worlds...
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On 2006-08-07, Mark Hutchinson <marhutch@goamil.com > wrote:
> Donovan Rebbechi said...
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>>I go to central park quite often, which has roads and
>>trails. The drives (road) are always pretty busy. The 1.5
>>mile reservoir loop is often busy, but the longer trails are
>>pretty quiet.
>
> What's the average life expectancy of a jogger on Central
> Park's secluded trails? Any recent stats?
Probably no shorter than the life expectancy of a jogger on the roads,
especially in the hours motor vehicles are allowed out.
Unlike violent crimes like the infamous "central park jogger" incident (which
we still hear about almost 20 years later, and which actually occurred on the
road, not on the trails), it is *NOT* news when a jogger gets hit by a car or a
bicycle or a roller blader.
Cheers,
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Donovan Rebbechi
http://pegasus.rutgers.edu/~elflord/
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Date: 07 Aug 2006 02:09:06
From: Mark Hutchinson
Subject: Re: Asphalt, trails- best of both worlds...
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Donovan Rebbechi <abuse@aol.com > wrote
> Unlike violent crimes like the infamous "central park
> jogger" incident (which we still hear about almost 20 years
> later, and which actually occurred on the road, not on the
> trails), it is *NOT* news when a jogger gets hit by a car
> or a bicycle or a roller blader.
OK then, it appears the trails *are* safer after all. That's
what I've been saying all along. :-)
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Date: 04 Aug 2006 10:31:33
From: userfriendly
Subject: Re: Asphalt, trails- best of both worlds...
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"Mark Hutchinson" <marhutch@goamil.com > wrote in message
news:44d2b481$0$5380$88260bb3@free.teranews.com...
: userfriendly said...
: >
: >Which surface is better? Asphalt or trails?
:
: It depends on where you live. If within striking distance of
: a trail, most people will choose to run on the trail. It's a
: kind of a natural thing to do.
:
: If you live in a metro area and have no other choice, you
: will run on paved roads. To convince yourself that there is
: no benefit to running on trails, you will turn logic inside
: out to prove that running on the roads is really no worse
: than running on trails. The extra energy you spend
: performing these mental gymnastics is and added bonus. It's
: a form of cross-training.
:
: --
: Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com
Consider some of these guys here serious cross-trainers, then!
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