Anyone on here snowshoe run? I've been doing it for a week or so and its great. Gives you a sick workout and with conditions changing everyday, you never know how hard its going to be. Did a interval workout yesterday in them too. I recommend it to spice things up a bit. Its easier to go out and snowshoe run now for me in the cold than it is to run.
And to anyone who is going to come back with a response like "Snowshoe running is gay." Go try it and talk to me, we'll see how "gay" it is.
I have a 70+year old friend who regularly wins his divisions in ultras. He snowshoes. They now make hi-tech snowshoes of carbon materials and such; he showed me his newest models, which reminded me of tennis raquets.
You're correct: football is over-rated and snow shoe running is tough.
yo, check out snowshoeracing.com and snowshoemag.com. There's a fair amount of interesting stuff on there to check out, and if anyone's interested in trying to qualify for snowshoe nationals (to be held in Anchorage, AK), there'll be qualifying races in massachusetts the 5th and 12th of February, I believe - just look on the snowshoeracing.com website.
Doesn't using the shoes slow you down substantially?
You really cannot hope to maintain basic speed or get in a good tempo run in those, or so I have heard.
I've been snowshoe racing out here in Colorado for about 8 or 9 years. Yes, a great workout - tough as hell and really helps build a strong base for the winter! I do around 4 races per year (usually at 5k distance, but have done a few 10k's) plus an additional 8-10 training runs (some of which are interval sessions). I've got Redfeather snowshoes, but there are many great brands out there.
A couple of years ago I came across a snowshoe race while I was skiing at Whistler, BC. I'd never been on snowshoes before, but I entered the 10K. It was a lot of fun and tough as hell, especially the steep uphills that were part of the course. I did pretty well considering I'd never been on them before, I got smoked on the uphills but I kicked ass on the flats. I'd like to do it again sometime and I'd do it regularly if there was any snow in my area.
Racer1, you do snowshoe run slower than you normally would on roads or trails, but its the resistance that does the trick. If its deep snow its almost like constantly running up hill. My legs are more tired after a 40 minute snowshoe run than a 40 minute run on roads where I run a lot faster. Try it, you'd be surprised
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