Do you run in blizzards?

running snowshoes rock!!!!!!

Irishboy wrote:

I really enjoyed reading that, what's it from?

BTW, my next English essay will plagarise it, no doubt.

Runners

By Roger Hart

It's an essay written several years ago by a guy named Roger Hart. Why or for whom he wrote I'm not sure but always a good read.

Billy Ray Jones wrote:

It's an essay written several years ago by a guy named Roger Hart. Why or for whom he wrote I'm not sure but always a good read.

That's the best thing I've read in a long, long time. Thank you.

imsohigh wrote:

Yeah it seems the London area runners don't train but still run fast somehow. There friggin gangsta's though.

Kyle, is that you?

ran in that New England storm today. wasn't to bad except for the wind. still beats staying inside all day watching tv.

Ah the blizzards, three are at the forefront of my memory.

One at 5 am the wind blowing the snow horizontly from the right my training partner Mark and I laughed the whole way thinking no one els is doing this at this time!

The next one I was running an unknown course with Bobby Bonadies and Scott Freeman they knew the course and got way ahead of me, fortunately for me it started heavily snowing and I was able to follow their tracks to the finish!

The third memory was when Mike and I met for a 1/2 marathon saturday run, it started snowing on our out and back course Mike picked up the pace did the turnaround high fived me as he passed by on the return and by the time I hit the turn around it had snowed so much that Mikes tracks were covered. It was hard making it back over 12 inches deep and growing but I finally made it.

It's memories like that that make running worth it.

Sure it's fun to win a race now and then or run a pr but the bonding while building the furnaces fire is something that's really special!

ran in the snowstorm up here in burlington, vt this afternoon. the footing was pretty good on the trail, with an inch or so covering what was plowed a couple days ago. the wind wasn't that strong. the snow was coming down pretty hard, covering up my tracks on the return trip. it was hard to see through the ice on my face and the beard was covered in icicles by the time I got through 2 hours and maybe 13+? miles.

I LOVE Burlington. Cool little college town. I've run the Vermont City Relay up there for all but two races since 1989. I've skiied in VT numerous times.

It's on my VERY short list of places I'd like to retire to, if I'm ever able to retire.

Only downside: there is an increasing New Yawkha influence there, now.

I've got a school driveway right near my house that's about a third of a mile around and dead flat. It's boring to run, but perfect for grinding out endless laps on a snowy day. I affectionately refer to it as my outdoor treadmill.

I heading out for a twenty miler in 10 inches of fresh snow in about 30 minutes. If I didn't train in blizzards, I would have 5 days per week off all winter.

OldXCguy wrote:

I've got a school driveway right near my house that's about a third of a mile around and dead flat. It's boring to run, but perfect for grinding out endless laps on a snowy day. I affectionately refer to it as my outdoor treadmill.

Ouch. More patience than I have my friend. The closest I got was a one mile loop in a subdivision in Warner-Robins GA because I got tired of having crap thrown at me by the red-necks on the rest of the roads. Park the car, do laps until the required distance, but I never went farther than 11 there.

In any case blizzards (real ones) are pretty damn dangerous to run in. If you don't have visibility the cars don't either. Snow fall however, can be quite wonderful. We had about 6 inches here once and in NC they basically pull up the sidewalks and wait for it to melt. About 4 had fallen by the time I went out and it was dead quiet. No cars. Just the falling snow and the sound of my feet hitting it. I'd do it again in a heartbeat.

According to Environment Canada, a winter storm must have winds of 40 km/h (25 mph) or more, have snow or blowing snow, visibility less than 1 km (about 5⁄8 mile), a wind chill of less than −25 °C (−13 °F), and that all of these conditions must last for 4 hours or more before the storm can be properly called a blizzard.

In the United States, the National Weather Service defines a blizzard as sustained 35 mph (56 km/h) winds which lead to blowing snow and cause visibilities of .25 mile or less, lasting for at least 3 hours. Temperature is not taken into consideration when issuing a blizzard warning, but the nature of these storms is such that cold air is often present when the other criteria are met. Temperatures are generally below 0 degrees F.

i have some great memories of Montreal, Toronto and to a lesser extent Boston winter runs. One in particular with my father on Christmas day in Mount Royal Park, runners were wearing neoprene masks, low visibility, snow, ice , wind, frozen hair on the back of my neck, jutting out of the wool hat, vaseline on my face, you just felt accomplished for giving it a go...

Just ran in 6" of fresh with 30 mph winds blowing snow sideways in the Portland area. Not quite a blizzard, but about as close as you get in the Willamette valley.

Billy Ray Jones wrote:

It's an essay written several years ago by a guy named Roger Hart. Why or for whom he wrote I'm not sure but always a good read.

I remember that article from RW a few years ago and like it as much now as I did then. The last line is awesome. Great read.

Snowflake wrote:

Do you run in blizzards or heavy snow? I don't but have seen others do it.

We're expecting a big storm up in New England today, and I was wondering how many crazies I'd see out there running or on BICYCLES, yes BICYCLES in blizzards.

HO HO HO.

Of course you run in blizzards. It's not a question of whether you get your run in, it's how fast the conditions allow you to do it!