Is it fine to do K repeats in cold?

Just do the workout. It's different than what's typical in your part of the world but it's fine. Don't over dress - shorts, t-shirt, maybe gloves & a hat, but that's enough. Have a jacket or something with sleeves on hand for the warm up & cool down and don't stand around too much between the intervals. The heat will stay on if you keep the motor running.

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You should do some lunges and squats before venturing out. You know, get the blood circulating. It won't seem too cold that way.

35-40 degrees? I used to run in that shirtless! LITERALLY.

Now that I'm a bitter person, even 57 degrees Fahrenheit makes me think twice about going out running just wearing a shirt. I need two shirts at that temperature range. LITERALLY.

Jones 12uns wrote:

Idk why this is still high up on the boards, that post was referring to yesterday. We didn't have practice that morning anyway because of the rain, roads are starting to flood so it's getting pretty hectic. The reason I was semi concerned about temperature was because it was a shock to the system (legs might have felt numb) compared to 60-80 degree weather, plus rain and strong wind. It would've been tough, but I ended up doing 800s around noon instead, and then 6 miles in the P.M. This morning I just switched the workout to 600s since yesterday afternoon was a half workout.

I have nothing further to add, so the end.

I answered it because you were getting a lot of stupid answers that emphasized toughness. That isn’t what you asked.

Jones 12uns wrote:

Practice tomorrow is at 5:45, and I was planning on getting 6-8K repeats in with jog recovery. It’s normally 60-75 degrees in the morning calm, but it’s expected to be 35-40 degrees with 15 mph winds and medium rain. Okay to do it or modify it? Coach mentioned doing 400s but he allows me some leeway to change the workouts if requested.

Are you serious?

I used to live in New York, and if I hadn't been prepared to do that kind of thing in sub-zero temps, I'd have never trained on the track in winter.

Earlier that, I lived in England, and we often did winter reps in colder/wetter than that.

Just make sure you start your reps at the point where you have a following wind three time, and against twice.

Now the 5:45 in the morning, I couldn't hack - when I ran twice a day, old ladies walking their dogs would overtake me on my morning run!

Locate balls.

Grab them.

Go run more in the “cold.”

If not, go get you v**ina tidied up.

was tht a serious question? wrote:

They always stop people from Cross Country skiing when it gets that cold Definitely hit the treadmill until summer comes.

That's what I do. Always around 70º on the treadmill.

Where I live, we all do train under 40 to 0 degree (F) from November to April. We don't hit the indoor track or the treadmill unless there is somthing more beside temperature (raining ice, 15 inches of snow on the streets...) We do middle-distances on indoor 200m tracks all winter, then switch to road running in early spring before going to regular outdoor track in the summer. Don't worry about 35 F. That is not even cold. You won't have any problem. And you can hammer you intervals the same way you would do any other day. Wear the right clothes.

What a load of bullshit in this thread. 35F not even cold? That's 2C, barely above freezing. What do you think cold is if not literally ice temperature? Don't tell me you only think about putting an extra layer on when it dips under 0F (-18C).

35F is cold. Obviously.

I wouldn't attempt any repeats at 40 degrees Kelvin. That's negative 387 degrees F!!!!

Ha ha ha 35 is cold? For running?

I remember a French study reported here that said 42F was the perfect temperature for a world recoprd marathon.

You'll be fine. It's not that cold. Once on a foggy morning in Northern California, I ran really long and hard in 35 degree weather and ended up sweating a little. A middle-aged woman saw me sweat and laughed. "Feeling hot?"