>In article <19990910181307.04631.00011709@ng-cg1.aol.com>, >davendano@aol.comnojunk (Carra) wrote: >>Is it possible to train for a marathon almost solely on a >>treadmill? I really >>prefer to run indoors, at least while it is so hot. > I know a guy who once put in 31 miles on a dreadmill. Within a month he was in traction with a pelvic stress fracture. Could there be a [organ chord] connection? Actually, it would be quite interesting to see someone put together a marathon run entirely on treadmills. Imagine a large room with hundreds of the things lined up, or perhaps arranged in a circle. With the starter's cry of "Gentlemen, start your rollers" they're off -- sort of. No sound but the rythmic ka-thum, ka-thum, accompanied by labored breathing. (Or maybe crowd noise or inspirational speaches could be piped in.) No need for traffic control, lead vehicles, or the trailing meat wagon. Waiters could come around occasionally with your choice of water, replacement beverage, or gu. Complete velocity profiles and heart rate data uploaded instantly to the internet for your anxious family to monitor from the comfort of their homes. Bandits easily identified and headed off as they attempt pitifully to wrangle their cheap machines in through the doorways.... But I digress. To come back to the original question: No, I don't think it would be a very good idea. I think you'd be prone to repetitive motion injury, and I think treadmill running stresses muscle groups somewhat differently than road running does. -- ************************************************************************ Terry R. McConnell Mathematics/304B Carnegie/Syracuse, N.Y. 13244-1150 trmcconn@syr.edu http://barnyard.syr.edu/~tmc ************************************************************************