Be inspired: College runner spends 2 hours shoveling track after snow storm so he can get in his easy day

Very cool, thanks for sharing.

running addiction.

no different than his daily dose of caffeine.

Actually, dumb.

Take to the dreadmill even though it sucks a** and then spend those two hours you wasted shoveling snow in the gym doing a legitimate core workout - no shoveling snow is not the same as a solid session in the gym.

Fact King wrote:

Actually, dumb.

Take to the dreadmill even though it sucks a** and then spend those two hours you wasted shoveling snow in the gym doing a legitimate core workout - no shoveling snow is not the same as a solid session in the gym.

Ummm..... ever heard of Dick Beardsley????

his PRs are:

11:49 3200

5:44 1600

for those of you wondering wrote:

his PRs are:

11:49 3200

5:44 1600

Outdoor Bests

800m - 2:12.40

1500m - 4:32.44

5000m - 15.23.21

3000 Steeple - 10:00.66

10,000m - 33:17.74

Indoor Bests

800m - 2:17.47

Mile - 4:56.69

3000m - 9:23.26

5000m - 15:48.76

Ever hear of every runner who lives in a snowy climate....

C’mon man.

No great shakes.

Feel sad for the coach filming, this happens every snowy morning in Boulder, Flagstaff, Mammoth and on Magnolia.

And today in Brunswick, ME.

The concept is cool, but these days with treadmills available literally everywhere, it is pretty dumb to spend two hours in the cold shovelling snow. Guarantee the kid has tons of muscle soreness in a few days from shovelling for two hours - that alone will impair his training for while.

He also risks injury being out there in the cold shovelling that much snow.

Lastly, this was an easy day apparently - why go to so much risky physical effort to get in a recovery day - hit the pool and water run, ride the indoor bike, treadmill, go to a local apartment building and run stairs. Tons of options that don't result in some really slow slog in cold weather that will hurt, not help training.

I just ran on the roads - most were plowed - no big deal.

It's called a freaking treadmill.

the coach should have helped him shovel the track

Why bother running on the track? I was in Alamosa last week. People were running in the streets (as I imagine they do much of the winter). Plus, you can damage the track that way. Good for him though?

That's lame Rojo. Really, really f-ing lame.

Real badass runners dont take videos of themselves and post it on the internet to show how tough they are. Real runners dont even shovel a path to run on like that pansy in the videl.

What does a real runner do when it snows? He (or she) puts on his clothes just like any other day, then goes out and runs in the quiet of the soft snow. When you're done you brush the frozen ice off your face and change into dry clothes and wait until your Big Johnson warms up before you take a shower.

If you are compelled to post videos of your epic ordinariness you aren't the badass you think you are.

can it damage a track to shovel it? The ones with bumpy surfaces, the shovel might shave off a lot of the bumps.

asdfsdf wrote:

I just ran on the roads - most were plowed - no big deal.

His Strava says he did most of his run on the roads, and he shoveled the track to clear it for track workouts later this week. The coach just recorded him finishing his run on the track.

Running on ice and snow builds character.

malmo wrote:

That's lame Rojo. Really, really f-ing lame.

Real badass runners dont take videos of themselves and post it on the internet to show how tough they are. Real runners dont even shovel a path to run on like that pansy in the videl.

What does a real runner do when it snows? He (or she) puts on his clothes just like any other day, then goes out and runs in the quiet of the soft snow. When you're done you brush the frozen ice off your face and change into dry clothes and wait until your Big Johnson warms up before you take a shower.

If you are compelled to post videos of your epic ordinariness you aren't the badass you think you are.

+1

Has anyone else pointed out that the track doesn't look shoveled at all?

Maybe he was doing it now because he both had the time (MLK weekend) and didn't want to be sore right before a workout. Heck, maybe he was clearing it for a friend.

Regardless, I would never do it for fear of throwing out my back.

Anyone else have deja vu on this story. I swear I hear this same story every year.