Do any of you actually run in the rain?

Ran 8 miles in a warm, steady rain this morning.

Once you start accepting excuses for not running, it's a slippery slope to losing conditioning and abandoning goals.

Wind is a real killer for me. I solve that by running point-to-point with a tailwind. My always supportive, much younger, supermodel trophy wife is always happy to drive me out to a designated starting point.

Jruns wrote:

There's a big storm tonight and it's supposed to lead into tomorrow morning. Plus the bike paths I usually train on are right next to a creek, so it usually gets pretty muddy. I'm contemplating on whether or not I should run tomorrow morning.

DO you guys actually run when it's raining?

Title says rain. So, yes I do run in rain.

Then you say "big storm". No, I do not run in storms.

That's a bait and switch.

Love to run in the rain.

But If it gets below mid 30s, forget it.

Grew up in New England, moved to Oregon after college. No choice in either place, if you are a runner, you run in the rain.

Actually raced in a hail storm one spring. A half mile at a dual meet UMass/Northeastern won by Mark Lech. Eveyone ran slow times, but it was hella fun.

beard scratcher wrote:

Haven't read the entire thread but this video (horese head guy) is mandatory for such a thread:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCSQuxh3FYc

Winner!

I didn't run this morning. There was thunder and lighting + a flash flood warning

Jruns wrote:

There's a big storm tonight and it's supposed to lead into tomorrow morning. Plus the bike paths I usually train on are right next to a creek, so it usually gets pretty muddy. I'm contemplating on whether or not I should run tomorrow morning.

DO you guys actually run when it's raining?

Shanghai wrote:

I feel like I get disproportionately injured in the rain though - not from falling or anything, just seems heavy shoes/clothes and city streets seem to worsen impact injuries?

Could just be confirmation bias though.

Is this a joke?

People think of how tough African athletes are, but they hate running in the rain. Africans aren't particular a friend of the heat either. My first Kenyan athlete once missed practice because he thought it was cancelled because of the rain. Nowadays, if it is pouring or below 35, I hit the TD, a drizzle is ok and welcomed on those really hot days. Btw, I just run nowadays so that I can eat whatever I want and still look sexy.

Jruns wrote:

There's a big storm tonight and it's supposed to lead into tomorrow morning. Plus the bike paths I usually train on are right next to a creek, so it usually gets pretty muddy. I'm contemplating on whether or not I should run tomorrow morning.

DO you guys actually run when it's raining?

"There is no such thing as bad weather, just soft people." Bill Bowerman

I live in Seattle. If I didn't run in the rain, I'd miss about 150 days of training. Half tights are your friend in the PNW.

absolute favorite running weather... of course preferable over 70 degrees and kind of shitty under 50 but still fun if properly dressed

Dogfartz wrote:

absolute favorite running weather... of course preferable over 70 degrees and kind of shitty under 50 but still fun if properly dressed

Sorry, but there is no way to "properly dress" for rain. With or without clothing, you get soaking wet and uncomfortably cold after a couple of miles. The only raincoats that are waterproof enough for rain are unbelievably heavy and bulky. This is coming from a lifelong Portland resident and lifelong runner.

No, genuinely. The last 1-2 runs before a couple of stress fractures & an achilles problem I've had were, without fail, days when it absolutely bucketed it down here & the municipal track I usually run on was closed, leaving me running on the streets. You tend to remember the specific run really clearly whereby a nagging injury goes from "I reckon I can push through this" to "oh shit, time to see a doctor".

Full disclaimer - overuse injuries in every case, had been building up for a while, and came in heavy training segments close to goal races so I'd stubbornly not take extra rest days even when the weather was really bad. I know there's no plausible way heavy rain = stress fracture, but the little statistical quirk definitely sticks at the back of my mind still.

irma is hitting here and it's producing some (only rain) with 20mph winds

I'm running tomorrow morning. I might wear tights but that's all