You could not be more right about the wind when it is cold out. It really batters a runner.
You could not be more right about the wind when it is cold out. It really batters a runner.
I run at a school in the North East. I'm from NOVA. I seriously hate winter here at this point, absolutely hate it. I prefer 90 degrees to 20 honestly. Dealing with the negative and single digit temps here sucks. I need to get to the west coast ASAP.
When it's hot you can still run at night and it will be nice. If it's cold you're f*cked all day.
Grew up in and went to college in the south, so I'm fairly acclimated to the weather here now. I could race a 10k or go for a 16 mile run in 90 degree temperatures and it really would not bother me that much. For those who don't like to running in that kind of heat, you can wake up and run at sunrise in fairly mild temperatures. This is much better than running at night if you have the choice, since it is typically cooler in the morning than it is at night, plus you can see. For the week or 2 that we have snow/ice and below freezing temperatures, I am miserable during my runs. I would probably feel the opposite if I had grown up in the north though.
^^ I went to college in the South and was training for a half marathon while there (which was going to be in a desert CA city, average race day temps were 80s+) I would run at noon, the hottest, most humid time of day. It took me some time but I came to enjoy running shirtless in just shorts and shoes. I loved it.
(Unfortunately, I think I acclimated too much because race day was unseasonably cold for June and high 50s/low 60s that day felt like the arctic wind.)
The comments on this thread are humorous. Things like I prefer....or I hate.... or it is difficult to run in ....
The goal with running for me was always to alter my comfort zone. This could not happen by being comfortable. I love the extremes because it forces me to be tougher. If I wanted easy, I would never have started running. I enjoyed the challenge.
threnody wrote:
^^ I went to college in the South and was training for a half marathon while there (which was going to be in a desert CA city, average race day temps were 80s+) I would run at noon, the hottest, most humid time of day. It took me some time but I came to enjoy running shirtless in just shorts and shoes. I loved it.
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Don't do that. the cancer risk is very real.
I enjoy the challenge, too...until it injures me. I absolutely agree that toughness is essential. However, one must be able to run in order to improve, or even maintain. Thus, sometimes it is better to be smart than tough.