Not running outside during winter anymore

If the footing is clear, even if it's cold, I prefer running outdoors. But snowstorms bring ice, slush, crazy drivers, and hidden road and sidewalk hazards. So in slippery, snowy conditions, if I want to get any kind of quality, I'll typically use the treadmill. There are, though, some short off-road stretches I like all right for easy runs in snow.

I can't blame you. I'm pretty sure I'd die in the teens.

Can't stand the treadmill. I live in the midwest and know of what you speak. However, every once in a while you get one of those cold, quiet, still mornings with a brilliant sunrise when everything is clicking and that keeps me going for another couple weeks.

There is nothing better than running in sub zero temperatures, in the predawn, when no one is outside except the Buffalo snow plough drivers. You befriend winter that way and you learn to view yourself as a resilient guy.

Preach!

Run on your lunch break. Works for me 90% of the time, all the time.

runner who professes wrote:

There is nothing better than running in sub zero temperatures, in the predawn, when no one is outside except the Buffalo snow plough drivers. You befriend winter that way and you learn to view yourself as a resilient guy.

Preach it brother! I can't stand the treadmill. I haven't used it yet this winter. I have been running in heavy snow the last week and I am becoming tougher.

Beard scratcher true that! Getting an absolutely beautiful and pristine morning run in winter is what keeps me going. I run in the country and nature is just breathtaking.

I look forward to winter running for most of the year.

i'm a treadmill warrior in the winter but i try to get outside at least 2-3 days a week. whether to do easy group runs or late am long runs to remember what hills and cold air feels like.

nothing beats a run on fresh snow down the middle an abandoned road.

Winter running on a treadmill is awesome. I can wear T-shirt and shorts and stream non family-friendly video (I have young teenagers) like Breaking Bad and Sons of Anarchy.

Running on ice and snow with uneven footing is not real running. You are delusional if you think it makes you tougher. If anything it is stupid if you have access to a treadmill.

The cold is nbd as long as you have enough layers on. If you're trying to be tough by wearing shorts in 10 degree weather, though... then yes, it's gonna be miserable.

I'd rather run a crappy workout, because I'm weighed down my lots of clothes, than run a good workout on a treadmill.

webfoot wrote:

Winter running on a treadmill is awesome. I can wear T-shirt and shorts and stream non family-friendly video (I have young teenagers) like Breaking Bad and Sons of Anarchy.

my wife probably only runs as much as she does because of netflix and breaking bad.

it was nice running in shorts today with 3 inches of snow outside

I ran the last 3 winters mostly on the treadmill. The problem is that I always seem to get injured. I think the treadmills at my fitness center are way too bouncy and it has caused quad, hamstring and knee problems.

I'm really making an effort to run outside more often this winter and to vary the types of running I do on the treadmill between hills, fast, slow, etc. It seems to be working so far. I've run about 50% treadmill the last month when it started getting cold in Ohio.

There are traction devices for all sorts of winter running. The crunch of freshly fallen snow is my favorite and I want to keep it all for myself except to share with the woodland creatures some staring at me with hungry eyes. Its great to run in 0 wind and 0 degrees. I would rather do that than run in 80 degrees with a 25 mph wind.