treadmill training

Vincent Mauri, an elite marathoner with a personal best of 2:05, is being featured ahead of the 2026 Chicago Marathon. Unusually for an athlete at that level, he is entirely self-coached and does much of his training on a treadmill rather than outdoors. His unconventional preparation and fast times are drawing attention in the running world ahead of the race.

A fitness enthusiast completed a 10-kilometre run broken into seven 1-kilometre segments, with six strength stations in between — wall balls, lunges and farmer carries. The format, known as compromised running, adds fatigue to each interval before finishing with an easy 3K treadmill jog. The whole workout took nearly 100 minutes. Compromised running is drawing attention as a hybrid training style mixing endurance and strength in a single session.

Vinny Mauri prepared for the Chicago Marathon using little more than a treadmill at a Planet Fitness gym, Marathon Handbook reports. The story highlights how an everyday gym setup, rather than elite facilities or outdoor training, was enough to build marathon-level fitness. Runners are sharing the account as an example of how consistency and simple equipment can carry someone through 26.2 miles.

Social media users are sharing their regular Thursday running routines under the hashtag AgingPunks, covering treadmill sessions, home gym workouts and general exercise. The posts show older participants from the punk scene keeping up fitness habits and documenting their training, drawing modest engagement from others who follow or take part in similar running and exercise routines.