Originally Posted by
Talewinds
Treadmill= Waaayyy easier.
there's a good thread on slowtwitch, supported by research, saying that is not true. i'll look around for it and try to post a link. regardless, you shouldn't compare your treadmill runs to your road runs. you compare a treadmill run to a previous treadmill run on the same model of treadmill, and you compare a road run to previous road runs on the same stretch of road.
the beauty of a treadmill is that you can make it as hard you want. its easy to work the speed and incline buttons. you basically have instant access to anything from pancake flat to Pyrenees steep.