In the context of doing it at 2pm, I'd have to pick the cold as well. However, if you were to move the times to like 5 or 6 am, then I'd pick the humidity. It's still not ideal, but easier for me to get motivated.
In the context of doing it at 2pm, I'd have to pick the cold as well. However, if you were to move the times to like 5 or 6 am, then I'd pick the humidity. It's still not ideal, but easier for me to get motivated.
I'd pick neither and go to my gym and hop on the treadmill or when I was still in college go to the indoor football complex and do laps. Seriously tho, I much prefer it to be warm as a southern boy but the people picking the heat don't seem to realize just how hot a heat index of 107 really is. Those conditions will suck the life right out of you and leave you drained for the rest of the day. If you were to say a heat index of 95 I'd probably go with the heat as I HATE cold running.
heat or cold wrote:
For 12 x 1/4 with 1 min rec.If you had a choice.Both runs done a 2pm in the day.Also for a easy 10 mile run .So its a 2 part answer.
For 95 to feel like 107 there has to be humidity. There is no escaping humidity so it will always feel like 107.
For 20 to feel like 7 there has to be about a 15 mph wind. If you run in a circle (track) and you run 12 mph, your runner relative wind will fluctuate between 27 and 3 mph. So it will really feel like 17 or 1.
That being said, I'd prefer the colder weather.
Where I come from it was 14 with a wind chill of -5 the other day, and I'd STILL take that over 95 degrees. Even if the 95 was dry heat, who the hell wants to be THAT hot?
Think About It wrote:
Where I come from it was 14 with a wind chill of -5 the other day, and I'd STILL take that over 95 degrees. Even if the 95 was dry heat, who the hell wants to be THAT hot?
Me! Always the heat, up to maybe 110-115 F.
Assuming there's no snow on the ground, I would always go with the cold. If it were a race, I would pick the cold even if it were raining (or snowing). The heat kills me.
RD wrote:
Definitely the cold. That's only a bit below average winter temperatures here.
Now, -40 windchill would be another story. That is ffffffffucκin cold.
I agree with this. Generally, I'd take the heat over the cold, but 20* feels like 7* is not cold at all. It's normal winter weather.
Very cold, like -40, is freaking cold and there is nothing you can do about it. Heat, you just slow down, take some water breaks. When it is really cold, there is nothing to do... execept maybe go indoors.
As a Florida native who now lives in Canada, I've had lots of experience with running in both these types of weather. In fact, this morning's run was 10 miles at 19F with a wind chill probably right about 7F. I never considered not running outside -and I have easy access to a treadmill. Heck, at this temperature I don't even wear a jacket - just two thermal long sleeved shirts. The key to running in the cold is simply to have the right gear. You can be as layered and warm as you want to be, because as long as you're going at a reasonable clip, your body is generating quite a lot of heat.
To me, people are seriously underestimating the dangers from the heat in both those hot weather workouts, as well as the limits on performance. There's no way you could do the same quality speed work at 95 degrees that you could do at 65F or even 75F. But you could do the same quality workout at 20F, and probably even 0F as under ideal conditions.
I could probably stagger through a 10 mile run at 95F very slowly, with a ton of fluids. But it would take a lot more out of me physically than running in the cold. And again, I could do the cold weather workout at a pace where it would actually have a positive training effect, as opposed to just surviving it.
Having said all that, I also know that a lot of how people perceive temperature is relative. Somebody showing up at my house fresh off the plane from Key West is going to think that 20F feels more like -40F would to me. Nevertheless, running in the cold is much more of a mental challenge than a physical one.
Heat.
95 with a heat index of 107? Sounds like EVERY DAY in the summer where I live.
No shirt, shorts, bring some water for the workout= no problem.