How cold is too cold to run outside?
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I commend people like Carson who did zero treadmill miles last year! I am just too chicken for long sub zero training runs outside.
420 days since my last treadmill run.
on a side note, Carson this is awesome!!!0 -
OMG !! I feel like a wuss compared to you all. I would never consider running outside in any single digit temps let alone negative temps. You are all brave, I admire and commend you all !!
The coldest I have ran in is 35F, but I am also in Southern California so we don't get the frigid weather. I would have to move to the mountains to get anywhere close to the cold temps you all are dealing with.
I've had a couple of runs in the mid to high 20s. They weren't too bad. If it's not too windy it's fine with gloves and a hat and a long sleeve under armour shirt and a shell jacket and long pants. I'll run in shorts down to the high 30s. Short sleeve shirt to the low 40s.
But I live in Central Texas so we don't get a lot of REALLY cold weather and I'm not really equipped for it so I too can't imagine running in single digits or below.0 -
I commend people like Carson who did zero treadmill miles last year! I am just too chicken for long sub zero training runs outside.
420 days since my last treadmill run.
on a side note, Carson this is awesome!!!
I don't like treadmills much either but they were a lifesaver when I was recovering from my recent knee injury -- uphill treadmill walking was about the only exercise I could do that actually gave me an aerobic workout without hurting my knee. I will also do short TM warm-ups and cool-downs at the gym if it is rainy out. This is mainly for the other gym patrons, so they don't have to use equipment that has been used by a wet rat.0 -
Coldest I've done was 23* F last fall in Vermont. I don't run in winter because that's prime bulking season. I have to say, I don't like much below 40*, though.0
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My coldest run so far was -15f windchill temp, the air temp was 4f. It was actually one of the most enjoyable runs in a long while! I wasn't cold, I had 2 layers on the bottom and 4 on top, and I felt like such a bada$$! My eyelashes had frozen from my breath by the end of the 6 miles!
It was -25 a few days ago and I wimped out and did the treadmill!0 -
Hahahaha... love the treadmill comments... it like giving up smoking... its been treadmill free for a week now!0
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This Florida wimp doesn't like to run if it is below 40 out.
And I prefer it in the 60's and 70's.0 -
WOW, I fee like a wimp after reading from some of you. lol. Being here in the south (Alabama) it normally doesn't get that cold, but thanks to global warming... and the Polar Vortex ~ it was very cold (for us) last week... 13 degrees... I did wait and run in the afternoon that day. The coldest I've run in was 26 degrees and it was very cold. When I ran this morning at 5:00am it was 34, and after about a half mile... it felt great.0
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I think it was around -25°C when this picture was taken (it was actually a very nice day, sunny and very little wind)
The coldest (that I'm aware of) that I've run in is about -34°C . For me it's not the temperature but the road conditions. We had freezing rain last week which meant suffering with the dreadmill for a few days. When I went for a run outside last night it was glorious.0
