33 and freezing rain. I've run three cross-country regional races in weather like this and I will maintain that there is no worse weather than this until I die.
33 and freezing rain. I've run three cross-country regional races in weather like this and I will maintain that there is no worse weather than this until I die.
cvoet55 wrote:
33 and freezing rain. I've run three cross-country regional races in weather like this and I will maintain that there is no worse weather than this until I die.
Try racing your bicycle in this exact weather. I've run races in it, and rode races in it. Windchill is a thing.
These will definitively stop me. Not saying I'd always run in all other conditions, but these are the ones that I wouldn't even consider.
1. Air pollution
2. Temp or windchill < 0 F
3. Sustained winds (any temp) > 30 mph
4. Ice on > 20% of route
5. Driving rain/sleet/hail
6. > 90 F with high humidity
As someone up in the Sacramento area, last November after the smoke rolled in from the Camp Fire was absolutely impossible to deal with. Pollution levels around 250, there was absolutely no running outside, and even then the smoke made it in doors too
Heavy snow in freezing weather made for a miserable 20-miler.
THE worst:
Trailing in a road race directly behind Belgian distance athlete Gaston Flatulenca.
Oh, never mind, AIR POLLUTION has already been covered.
Worst weather conditions for running:
1) 6" or more of snow. Trails are impassible. Until they plow the roads, you are stuck on the treadmill.
2) Hellish middle east summer weather. The "low" for an average day is like 100 degrees. Near the gulf you also get the humidity. Forget about running in the day...try early morning before the sun rises (coolest point during day). The wind feels like a blow dryer to the face if you thought the a cool breeze would offer respite.
3) Super cold weather. I'm talking polar vortex over Minnesota cold. Wind chill is the clincher. When the "real feel" gets into the negatives, running isn't just painful but potentially life threatening.
Worst to best surfaces for running:
1) solid concrete- piers are the worst offender.
2) concrete sidewalk- more tolerable since they are designed for people to walk on.
3) brick sidewalk- half the bricks stick up, creating a million trip hazards.
4) asphalt road- designed to have some give so not too bad.
5) dirt trail- very easy on the knees. Watch out for branches and holes though.
6) track- literally designed for running.
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These will definitively stop me. Not saying I'd always run in all other conditions, but these are the ones that I wouldn't even consider.
1. Air pollution
2. Temp or windchill < 0 F
3. Sustained winds (any temp) > 30 mph
4. Ice on > 20% of route
5. Driving rain/sleet/hail
6. > 90 F with high humidity
You don't want to live in about every major Midwest city, then, because EVERY day is more than one of these.
Tough Running wrote:
Rank your worst weather conditions for running.
Here are mine.
1. Air pollution (Can't run in that if the AQI is over 150, because you will just choke)
2. Humidity (Dew point over 70 degrees is nasty, but you can still sweat it out and try to work through hellish dew points)
3. High temperatures (Can still sweat if it's dry. 85 degrees with low humidity isn't all that bad.)
4. Snow (Slippery and tricky, but can be done)
5. Sub-freezing temperatures (Not as bad as hot weather, but still not too pleasant for your extremities like your nose and fingers)
6. Rain (As long as it's not too heavy, though PNW runners are probably super used to this)
7. High wind (Not that bad, just feels like a weird kind of resistance training; wind chill can be cold, but if you wear gloves and cover parts of your face, you should be fine.)
Air pollution by far the deal killer. You just can't run in heavy smog or heavy wildfire smoke.
Humidity is definitely the nastiest meteorological condition because you can't cool yourself.
Everything else isn't that bad.
These don't count as weather, but they definitely do impact training too.
- Concrete (Screws up your joints)
- Dogs (Rocks and sticks and yelling should do the trick, but being chased can be a scary experience)
You can run in over 150 AQI, it's not ideal, but you won't choke.
Worst conditions?
In a European capital, on the 6th floor, with your hot fiance who won't give a set of keys so you can get back in after your run. Additionally, she's offering you sex all night long.
End of thread.
cvoet55 wrote:
33 and freezing rain. I've run three cross-country regional races in weather like this and I will maintain that there is no worse weather than this until I die.
Yeah I think it's a tossup between a heavy downpour with temps in the low to mid 30s and dewpoints in the upper 70's.
I'd much rather run in snowy conditions than the two above.
California rain is defnitely the worst condition. There is a 100% chance that you will get hit by a car because people there go stupid when water is on the road
In the summer. Very hot, very humid, very bad air and very many chickens and dogs to dodge. Sucked ass.
OldPA_HSRunr wrote:
Worst weather conditions for running:
1) 6" or more of snow. Trails are impassible. Until they plow the roads, you are stuck on the treadmill.
I've done this at least a 100 times. No big deal at all. It's actually peaceful and quiet.
DC Runnerman wrote:
Yeah I think it's a tossup between a heavy downpour with temps in the low to mid 30s .
Again, no big deal, even back in the day with those heavy, waterlogged Champion sweats. Is everyone posting on this thread a lightweight or what?
Many of these things in combination can make things much worse.
As I get older the more I can run in the heat. Humidity doesn't bother me. Trained in Florida for week in June, a few years ago and loved it. 90-95 degrees everyday. (wife and daughter, who also run, hated it).
Cold is no big deal as long as I have good gloves.
Storms have never been a big concern, but I generally avoid thunder and lightning.
I live in the east so I haven't experienced big air quality problems, but I would assume that anything that can directly affect your health would be the worst possible condition.
and yeah, yeah , yeah...you can slip on ice, have a tree fall you, etc, etc, etc.....
cvoet55 wrote:
33 and freezing rain. I've run three cross-country regional races in weather like this and I will maintain that there is no worse weather than this until I die.
I usually do post twice.... but just saw this one. 33 degrees and rain is definitely my least favorite to run in. Being cold and wet is the worst in my opinion. I will most likely jump on a treadmill on these days.
I would take 10 degrees and snow or 95 degrees over that any day.
boston runner man wahoo wrote:
3. Hard rain with the temperature in the 30s
There is nothing worse than #3. Move it to #1. END. OF. THREAD.
After an ice storm untreated roads 15 degrees. You are not gonna be able to run on that. Slush 4 inches at 33 degrees feet gonna be wet sooner than later and way too cold.
Tough Running wrote:
Rank your worst weather conditions for running.
Here are mine.
1. Air pollution (Can't run in that if the AQI is over 150, because you will just choke)
2. Humidity (Dew point over 70 degrees is nasty, but you can still sweat it out and try to work through hellish dew points)
3. High temperatures (Can still sweat if it's dry. 85 degrees with low humidity isn't all that bad.)
4. Snow (Slippery and tricky, but can be done)
5. Sub-freezing temperatures (Not as bad as hot weather, but still not too pleasant for your extremities like your nose and fingers)
6. Rain (As long as it's not too heavy, though PNW runners are probably super used to this)
7. High wind (Not that bad, just feels like a weird kind of resistance training; wind chill can be cold, but if you wear gloves and cover parts of your face, you should be fine.)
Air pollution by far the deal killer. You just can't run in heavy smog or heavy wildfire smoke.
Humidity is definitely the nastiest meteorological condition because you can't cool yourself.
Everything else isn't that bad.
These don't count as weather, but they definitely do impact training too.
- Concrete (Screws up your joints)
- Dogs (Rocks and sticks and yelling should do the trick, but being chased can be a scary experience)
for racing conditions
1. Beginning of spring. WHY? Because I have allergy induced asthma and I know for a FACT it has influenced my performances. How can I run a sub 16 5k consistently split 51 consistently even after 3 other races but not break 4:30??
2. SUB 25 degree weather because anything under 40 degrees and my hands dont work. Under 30 I can't feel my balls and that is just the most uncomfortable feeling in the world to me.
3. ICE. IMPOSSIBLE for us southerners to train in. As someone who grew up in california and moved to the south I just do not get it lol.
malmo wrote:
track chick wrote:
1. Thunder and lightening - having run in a storm near a golf course, frightening.
I'd keep running. I don't think the heavy stuff is gonna come down for quite awhile.
You’re right. Anyway, the good Lord would never disrupt the best run of my life!
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