Running Against the Wind (Tips Please)

Draft behind one of your running buddies.

Cry me a river, build me a bridge, and get over it

Do a 1-way run with the wind at your back.

BrandonK wrote:

I did a long run today and the wind was really bad. The hardest part was coming back home against the wind for 6 miles. My legs hurt now.

Sounds like a good workout.

Try running as hard as you whine.

Have you considered doing the first half into the wind?

I bend forward a bit more. Don't know how effective it is, but it feels easier to me.

Leaning forward is the best way to deal with the wind. It reduces the cross-sectional area of you getting hit by wind, and also causes the wind to push you upward instead of entirely backward.

If you can lean far enough you can use the wind to tack your way forward in a zigzag pattern like a sailboat. It's slow but takes no effort at all.

Thanks for the advice! I'll use it next time I run. All the other comments weren't necessary. I asked for advice, nothing else. THANK YOU :)

Make yourself thin by turning your body sideways

You can use the wind in place of increasing pace or as a long, long hill. Where others run an easy first half and burn the pace on the second, you can do what you did and run home into the wind.

But if you're doing a long run where you're pushing the distance and aiming for even pacing, it's sometimes easier to break up the loop into quarters, where the first and last quarter are with the wind and your middle 50% is into the wind. Running perpendicular to the wind is another possibility, but sometimes the available roads or paths don't allow for that. Residential streets with houses and trees also make for easier running in the wind than open spaces.

Get real low so the air don't hit you.

Hears an idear wrote:

Have you considered doing the first half into the wind?

This is what we did on our run today. Ran into the wind the first 5 miles and back w/the wind behind us. You work hard & play hard. All good for training.

Are you surrounded by strangers you thought were your friends?

LOL

... Till there was nothing left to burn and nothing left to prove

Surprised it took so many posts before a reference.

BrandonK wrote:

All the other comments weren't necessary. I asked for advice, nothing else.

I'll bet you wish you didn't know now - what you didn't know then...

Listen to some Bob Seger that will help.

A well-timed visit to Taco Bell will negate the effects of a headwind.

Lol