I can't run today

HardLoper wrote:

blizzardrun wrote:

There are 40 mph wind gusts. I don't want to die.

Get a ride upwind, run back downwind

If he is in NYC area, there's a travel ban.

If you can't run, don't fret over it. Google or youtube pilates work out and do that. It won't replace the running, but its better than laying on the couch watching lazy catflix.

Do you have stairs in your place? Up, down, up, down....

Ran all winter outside up in Traverse City, Michigan area. 200+ inches of lake effect snow during the'13-'14 season. Once went down to Detroit where they had this blizzard called "Hercules" happing. Ran 90 mins in it. What a joke, I had much worse on almost daily back up north. I always wore a balaclava, head band, and baseball cap along with spiked shoes from Sweden. There were times when I felt I could run forever.

What kind of spikes did you run in? Regular track spikes or something else? I run in all conditions (NYC) and haven't found anything works very well on ice or that packed down hard as rock snow.

Stay inside. Runners on the roads & sidewalks (crossing streets) create traffic hazards for cars. Don't be selfish.

Kahtoola micro-spikes are the best on hard packed snow and ice. Too aggressive for road use with a little ice but they are my go to choice for winter trails.

Well I live in northern Europe and so far this January the average temperature have been around 15 degrees Fahrenheit with some weeks going down to zero.

Now, I have run every single day, no matter the weather, done some runs on snowy forest paths, done one long run of 16 miles when temperature was just 5 degrees and also one tempo run when temp. was around 10. The pace on the easy runs has gone down like minute per mile slower in these conditions, mostly I feel pissed but I remind myself that this is for the better future.

I have this wallpaper with Muhammad Ali quote on my desktop to motivate me during this freeze which says -- "I don't count my situps, I only start counting when it starts hurting, when I feel pain, that's when I start counting, cause that's when it really counts."

So get out and do it. When it really hurts you know it really counts

it's not about temperature. There is 3+ feet of snow outside and no plowing since I live in the countryside. I am thinking I will still rotate treadmill with knee-high snow running tomorrow. Best wishes to all in the Mid-Atlantic.

I ran today. Roads were plowed - only about 3 inches on the roads. It was nasty, but hardly impossible.

dfsgdfgds wrote:

There's no such thing as bad weather, just soft people.

-Bill Bowerman

I gladly consider myself soft as I run 80 mile weeks on a nice warm treadmill. When I start racing in the spring, I will already be acclimated to the heat.

bowbridge wrote:

What kind of spikes did you run in? Regular track spikes or something else?

Icebugs are awesome

How old are you? What are your PRs? What are you training for?

If any of these are: 30+, 15+ 5k, any age group race... Take a damn day off.

In fact just take the day off even if you're training for world indoors. It's not one day that will make a difference this week, it's the other 6.

I was a mediocre runner in college, & have been credited with 29:30's 10k. Ran a 2:25 marathon. I was too obsessed with the training rather than the adaption. I would have been better with a day off here and there.

Run outside you fairies.

blizzardrun wrote:

It's blizzarding outside, and I don't have access to a treadmill. What can I do inside that would be equivalent to running?

Blizzarding isn't a real word

This thread pisses me off. All the so called "courageous" folk posting how they can run in any degree temperature with snow and all that jazz. How many gold medalists in the 10k consistently train in blizzards? What's so ironic is that Chris Solinsky and Matt Tegenkamp - the poster boys of the "hard-working" image you all salivate on, moved to Portland, Oregon not only because of the money and Schumacher but because the climate is more conducive to training.

Sure, it's cool to say you went out and ran in a blizzard. But when the weather warms up and people like Leo Manzano smoke you in the 1500, nobody cares that you "toughed it out in the snow" running 8 minute pace a few months prior.

Blue Collar Runners Are Lame wrote:

What's so ironic is that Chris Solinsky and Matt Tegenkamp - the poster boys of the "hard-working" image you all salivate on, moved to Portland, Oregon not only because of the money and Schumacher but because the climate is more conducive to training.

PDX isn't ideal. In the winter, the air quality is sh_t from all the wood stoves and wood burning. I'm thinking of wearing a mask on my runs it is getting so bad. Funny how cigarettes are bad, they get all worked up about radon, but wood has this protected status here.

Wood burning should be banned in urban areas.

Looks like someone's girlfriend was stolen by a guy with a wood stove.

Is there any reason not to run 3hr on treadmill? Given you have it at home, you can watch whatever on TV you like, can't you?