First Outdoor Run of the Year

dawnmcneil10

I used the winter weather as a challenge to myself. I didn't get out and run as often as I'd have liked but I learned I love to run in the cooler weather. My favorite temps are 20-25, the spitting snow adds a sense of calm to the run. If the streets are rough I run in quiet suburbias, you know those big housing developments, they always have clear streets and usually very little traffic.

I did find running in snow that had built up was something I didn't care for, like running on the beach you don't go far for the effort but it's still a good workout. I do however like to run the beach but that's a rare treat.

I even tried running in freezing rain, oddly I liked it, dangerous yes but no traffic so with careful footwork it was actually almost fun. Like a kid jumping in puddles.

Treadmills bore me, I thought about it a few times during the really cold snaps when it wasn't safe to be outside but in the end knew my heart wouldn't be in it so I just did other indoor exercise.

To each their own, inside or out but yes if you're going to run 5k's - marathons and want to have decent times then I'd suggest you brave it a little and get in that outdoor run.

gobonas99

StephannieL wrote: »

gobonas99 wrote: »

I do not understand this "running inside" thing of which you speak. I've run exactly 1 mile on the treadmill in the past year, and I did that only because it was for a VO2 Max test. I've been running outside ALL winter (my first outdoor run of the "year" was on January 1st) - including 0*F with a windchill of -16*F (granted, on the super cold days, I kept my runs to 30 minutes or less), I've run in snow, I've run in 20mph wind (35+mph gusts), I've run on hardpack/ice....I've had icicles form on my eyelashes during numerous runs. I've NEVER had an issue with being cold. The key is to wear appropriate clothing.

LOL you are a better woman than I!!! No way in h#ll will I run outside in that god-awful cold! LOL
Just thinking about you running out in that kind of weather makes me cold. LOL

Seriously....you just need the right clothing! Layers are everything! Especially at night (90% of my running this winter was in the dark). I will say though, that on the coldest days that I ran, my workout was actually a brick, so I was already really warm from the bike before I went outside for the run.

Curtruns

BrianSharpe wrote: »

There is no bad weather, only inappropriate clothing (not quite true, I run outside all year 'round and it gets cold here but I won't run when there's been freezing rain......)

I agree with this.....I also stay inside when I see lightning