How to learn to love the treadmill
Here s why the treadmill can be a valuable training companion, whatever the weather.
By Cindy Kuzma nd3000
Jacob Puzey cringers when he hears references to the ‘dreadmill’ or talk about boredom. The US ultrarunner and coach doesn’t understand the hate for the mechanical marvel that
is the modern treadmill. But, like many runners, he didn’t always feel this way. Puzey first set foot on a treadmill when he was 14, but not again until he was 22 and a student at college. Pressed for time and low on cash for winter gear, Puzey trained for his first marathon very early in the morning at the deserted campus gym.