Serious question and poll here. Today it's in the single digits. I did my morning run out there and it wasn't tooooo bad bundled up. However, I decided I was hitting up the treadmill after work because the wind was getting bad.
Just curious to hear from others. Any reasoning running in extreme cold is bad for you? I had seen some articles regarding this before, but never fully read them.
I think below -40 can be dangerous to some, but everyone is different. Cold air is dry, so the very cold/dry air can chill and dry out lung tissues it would seem. Doctors and others more knowledgeable can weigh in here.
snowmanster wrote:
Serious question and poll here. Today it's in the single digits. I did my morning run out there and it wasn't tooooo bad bundled up. However, I decided I was hitting up the treadmill after work because the wind was getting bad.
Just curious to hear from others. Any reasoning running in extreme cold is bad for you? I had seen some articles regarding this before, but never fully read them.
Single digits is not "extreme cold". The shriveling promotes pair growth.
Well, you certainly want to avoid frostbit of the hands, toes, and face...
It can be bad for you if you trip and fall.
Just spent the past decade in a very cold place. Single digits above zero are fine for most. You can do hard workouts and races into the sub zero range but if it gets down to -5 or -10 you probably want to curb 5k effort or faster. Threshold or some pick ups are ok down to -15.
Single digits is not *extreme* cold.
The only risk comes when there's a high risk of frostbite to exposed skin in a few minutes, which can happen if you're not careful. That's down near -30F (with windchill).
Running easy or moderate isn't too bad when it gets 10F. But I have had issues with HARD efforts (175bpm+) in that weather. Mostly to do with my lungs and throat. Feels like they have been raked out by the dry and cold.
I think it can be bad for you if you're not in the best of health or you're extremely underweight. I know once I went on a run, it was very cold and I started getting confused and stopped to walk. I got even more confused and when I got back home I couldn't figure out how to get in the shower.
If your IQ is 85, and you run at -20F it could drop 15 points, and you might
have trouble doing up your shoelaces.
Thank god for velcro
Did my workout indoors yesterday. Not so much because it was cold but because of the high winds.
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