Running in the blizzard - Did anyone in Baltimore or DC run for more than 5 miles outside yesterday?

rojo wrote:

New Yorkers, this doesn't apply to you. As a Baltimore resident, I dont want you guys making this all about yourselves. This story was supposed to be mid-atlantiic only.

awesome that you felt you had to preempt NYers from talking about themselves. And that you had to say it three times. You were absolutely right to do so but will probably still get a Central Park story.

I really wanted to but there were so many people out driving and getting into accidents I was more worried about getting hit by a car.

WickedLovely051 wrote:

I really wanted to but there were so many people out driving and getting into accidents I was more worried about getting hit by a car.

You just admitted you aren't in Baltimore or DC.

Nope, nothing outdoors yesterday, with the wind & snow here, the only way would have been to run with the wind. But had an awesome treadmill workout. 2 w/up, 10 @ MP, 5 min rest, 3 @ 1/2 pace. And an awesome morning run today in the snow. After gnarly conditions yesterday (was out there shoveling a lot) this morning's sunshine made it feel like Spring so I was able to comfortably run in shorts.

There is a guy from my son's HS in Maryland who posts on here and my guess is that he did more than 5 yesterday. I wish he had not because it would be better to slowly build up to running in the snow like people in New England or Chicago do.

It is literally impossible to run outside unless you run down the middle of a main route road out here in Arlington. The drifts are just too deep. I made it to the dreadmill but I figure by tomorrow most people will have sidewalks cleared and the Custis trail will be plowed as usual by the Arlington county gov.

I did not risk running outside. Unless you live in Florida you kind of expect to have a few low mileage days due to these sort of things during the winter.

I live in Ohio and we got absolutely no snow but we did have a blizzard in 1978 so I thought I should post anyway. I did 14.5 miles on the treadmill in two runs.

Ran in Saskatchewan six days a week all winter. You weaklings are good for a laugh.

Hi.

New York runner here.

I ran across the Tappan Zee bridge, down through Westchester and the Bronx (through Van Cortland Park) to Manhattan, did a loop around Central Park, then paid $500 for a night's stay at a nearby hotel.

The paparazzi was taking pictures of me running, and I made sure to tip the costumed workers who jumped into the background of the photos in Times Square.

I did 11 on the roads. no cars out there. Pretty awesome. Averaged like 750

ran 8 miles yesterday in the afternoon dropped down to low 6s by the end, 34 inches of snow but the roads were clear enough and no one was driving except a few plows

ran 20 miles today early in the morning same deal, roads were covered but I was able to still average 6:30s not that bad.

the problem is going to be the upcoming week when cars start getting back on the roads and sidewalks are not cleared

didn't run but I saw one runner trying to run down a main road in DC but I wouldn't call it running, no footing at all with that much snow. The only decent spot for running in DC I can think of when there's that much snow on the ground is the 1/2 mile section underneath whitehurst freeway overpass in Georgetown.

8 miles yesterday and 12 today. We got about two feet of snow but my town has excellent snow clearance. It was too slippery to do any real quality but fortunately I got that (5 x 5' at 15k effort with 1' rest) out of the way on Friday morning before the snow started.

5 miles at 4 pm yesterday in MD - my town had very good slow plowing - had road to myself

Very impressed by a few of you.

I'm impressed by the intelligence of the treadmill guys.

Running in snow and ice increases the odds of injury.

Six miles including Rocky IV snow intervals on the ballfields in Red Hook, BROOKLYN, hobby joggers were out too though I don't know their milage.

LDOPA wrote:

Hi.

New York runner here.

I ran across the Tappan Zee bridge, down through Westchester and the Bronx (through Van Cortland Park) to Manhattan, did a loop around Central Park, then paid $500 for a night's stay at a nearby hotel.

The paparazzi was taking pictures of me running, and I made sure to tip the costumed workers who jumped into the background of the photos in Times Square.

+1

As a DC resident, I logged a solid 12 miles on the mill this afternoon. Good football and great footing made for a fantastic run.