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Matching treadmill and outdoor pace isn't the whole experiment.

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By Alex Shumovich ·

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A review of 34 comparative studies found that physiological measures and perceived effort can differ between treadmill and overground running. Speed and testing conditions matter.

A single pace number doesn't give you a universal “reproduce the outdoors” setting.

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