Runners-Whats the coldest youve ever run in?

Used to regularly run out in minus 20-35 degrees centigrade when I was in the army. Norwegian winters are the worst lol.

midwesterner85 wrote: »

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ninav1980 wrote: »

You guys would laugh at the way everyone is freaking out in Houston. HARD FREEZE warnings. Its currently 58 degrees and forecast to drop to 29 tonight. Its all over the news! lol
Well you guys have made me feel better about running in the cold I suppose I would do the same if I lived in a place with harsh winters.

Honestly I perform better in colder temps than hot ones. Out here in the Mid Atlantic we get MISERABLE/muggy summers (if you're in Texas, I'm preaching to the choir)...I cannot tolerate the heat/humidity. I get winded and dehydrated very quickly and my muscles cramp.
I'm a native Montanan so I'd much rather run in the cold.

I disagree. I live in Iowa, where it is extremely humid in the summers. A few years ago, in July, I was in dry Houston. All of the locals were remarking how hot I must be because I'm from Iowa. The day I left, it was 93 degrees in Houston. It was also 93 degrees in Des Moines. When I stepped off of the plane, my glasses fogged up and the air was noticably thicker and heavier (and more difficult to breathe). That 93 degree weather in Des Moines was much worse than the 93 degree weather in Houston because there was practically no humidity in Houston.

You must have visited during a rare dry time in Houston. Houston is very humid normally. My years in Chicago taught me how humid parts of the Midwest get. Had a few brutal summers up there.

I live in Houston, too, so, the coldest I've been able to run was during the freezing rain we had last year (around 30F). Football practice was cancelled due to weather, so I went running instead! I'll run in anything here (well, not during hurricanes, heh). I run in the summer, where the heat gets a bit miserable. I'll take the cold over the heat. Hate how quickly I heat up during summer runs. I hope to run in the snow one day, just to get to do it.

I would go out if it was no colder than -10 Celsius.
But after 2 knee surgeries, i no longer run outside in the winter - too risky.

As much as I want to laugh at some of these cold temps that people refuse to run in, I also recognize that on the flipside I'm a giant baby with the heat and have a hard time handling anything much hotter than 25C-30C (77F-86F). I ran the Reggae Half Marathon in Jamaica back in December and felt like I was suffocating from the heat after 3km (it was about 80F and pre-sunrise). It slowed me way down.

aarar wrote: »

As much as I want to laugh at some of these cold temps that people refuse to run in, I also recognize that on the flipside I'm a giant baby with the heat and have a hard time handling anything much hotter than 25C-30C (77F-86F). I ran the Reggae Half Marathon in Jamaica back in December and felt like I was suffocating from the heat after 3km (it was about 80F and pre-sunrise). It slowed me way down.

Hot weather can be a lot more miserable than cold. I did an Olympic triathlon in 110°F heat and high humidity, people literally had their sprinklers pointing onto the road on the run course. I don't think I would have made it without them.

-5 on snow today. I like to cross country ski too, so footing is way more important to me than temperature. I ordered a set of yaktrax pro to help with that.

I live in Houston too, so I don't like the cold too much. I'll run outside at pretty much any temp though (freezing up to 100+F).

I think the coldest I can remember running was 24F at a race I traveled to up in NJ. It was quite frigid and miserable, which was a good reminder of why I don't live up there. Oh, and after the race, it started snowing.

ETA: Today I ran at lunch, it was between 56-60F. I was the person out there in shorts and a tank top, and the guys running with me thought I was crazy.

30 something. I am a southerner, however, and I don't do cold. I did run in snow 1x, but it was mostly tiptoeing through slush and leaping puddles.