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Sprinting to long distance?

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  • 03-11-2014 11:09pm
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    football girl
    Registered Users Posts: 80 ✭✭


    Hi there 😄
    I play a lot of soccer and other ball sports that generally involve me playing as a striker or some equivilant, that involves a lot of sprinting. This suits me fine as I am naturally a sprinter rather than a long distance runner. However, the winter is more approaching and I was considering going to my local gym to save myself from the elements! 🙈 I was wondering if it is possible to have some kind of sprinting programme on the treadmill, or would I be better off doing long distance. Previous winters I have switched to doing 5k several times a week but was wondering if, considering my natural disposition to sprinting, I would be better off continuing with that?
    Thanks for any advice you may have ðŸ‘


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    Chivito550
    Registered Users Posts: 7,695 ✭✭✭Chivito550


    football girl wrote: »
    Hi there 😄
    I play a lot of soccer and other ball sports that generally involve me playing as a striker or some equivilant, that involves a lot of sprinting. This suits me fine as I am naturally a sprinter rather than a long distance runner. However, the winter is more approaching and I was considering going to my local gym to save myself from the elements! 🙈 I was wondering if it is possible to have some kind of sprinting programme on the treadmill, or would I be better off doing long distance. Previous winters I have switched to doing 5k several times a week but was wondering if, considering my natural disposition to sprinting, I would be better off continuing with that?
    Thanks for any advice you may have ðŸ‘

    Why not join a sprint group and train outdoors?


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    PVincent
    Registered Users Posts: 444 ✭✭PVincent


    You should definitely look to work outdoors instead of on a treadmill. I would say that the ' sprinting' that you do in team sports does not really resemble real sprinting on a track . If you are able to do 5k , then to benefit your team sports , you might be better concentrating on that sort of distance over the winter and try to better your times at that distance ( Parkruns are ideal for that) . You won't get too much opurtunity to do much sprinting unless you join a club and be properly coached etc etc, and you are also now into the indoor season , so you need to be in a club that intends competing indoors . Where are you based and maybe we can guide you about what clubs might best suit .


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    football girl
    Registered Users Posts: 80 ✭✭football girl


    PVincent wrote: »
    You should definitely look to work outdoors instead of on a treadmill. I would say that the ' sprinting' that you do in team sports does not really resemble real sprinting on a track . If you are able to do 5k , then to benefit your team sports , you might be better concentrating on that sort of distance over the winter and try to better your times at that distance ( Parkruns are ideal for that) . You won't get too much opurtunity to do much sprinting unless you join a club and be properly coached etc etc, and you are also now into the indoor season , so you need to be in a club that intends competing indoors . Where are you based and maybe we can guide you about what clubs might best suit .

    I'm in college in Galway. Thanks for you help.


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    clear thinking
    Registered Users Posts: 558 ✭✭✭clear thinking


    Most treadmills don't go past 20kph anyway, except is the likes of university gyms so that option is out for you!


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