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17 years ago 01/17/2007 10:27am EST

It was 15 degrees on my workout this morning, which is a dip from previous weeks. I was just doing 2's and 4's on the track, a workout i've done fine in previous weeks. Today the 2's were fine, but the 4's were near impossible. Felt like the throat and lungs were just closing up on me. I had a hard time breathing after the 2's.

I had an extended warmup of 7 miles to help warm things up, but my throat and lungs just had a hard time with the hard running in the cold. I found this article, and thought it was interesting. Seems to relate. Then I decided to post a link here.

http://www.erj.ersjournals.com/cgi/reprint/12/4/825.pdf

I figured others might find it useful.

17 years ago 01/18/2007 7:34pm EST

re: i'm cold brrrr

I read the article -- thanks for posting a real link to a real report.

They did specify "prolonged exposure," and if I'm reading it right, they observed for 2 hours.

Maybe your warmup was too long for conditions. Consider doing your warmup for just long enough to get your muscles fully warmed up.

I'm impressed that at 15 degrees you had a track to run on.

17 years ago 01/18/2007 8:07pm EST

re: zero

Why? Would the track freeze & crumble beneath his feet?

17 years ago 01/19/2007 7:55am EST

re: Mother Teressa of Bonin'

because places where it can get to 15 degrees usually have snow, and every place I've lived where it snows the tracks aren't cleared. Sure, sometimes you get people with snow shovels going to the local HS or college track, and clearing a lane or two, but usually not, and sure, sometimes it's 15 and there's no snow. That's why.

17 years ago 01/19/2007 4:15pm EST

re: zero

I have lived on the northern tier most of my adult life, and 15 degrees has nothing to do with whether or not it snows...cold temps are a fact of life in places like Minot, ND. In fact, when it gets really cold, such as the typical sub-zero temps in Jan/Feb, it rarely snows. The high pressures that bring on the cold temps squeeze the moisture out of the air, or something like that. Just bundle up a bit for the beginning of the run and shed some layers as you warm up...

17 years ago 01/20/2007 10:42am EST

re: old missileer

OK. Your point's well taken.

Since he (or she) didn't give a location, I was playing the odds. I do know that some cold places have little snow, but for the US at least most populated areas where you can get 15 degrees do get snow, wouldn't you say?

BTW I remember a marathon in either ND or SD -- the Longest Day marathon. Still happening?

17 years ago 01/20/2007 11:12am EST

re: zero

Longest Day is still going strong in Brookings.

17 years ago 01/20/2007 12:46pm EST

re: keino

Maybe they should pick up the pace and finish the damn thing!

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