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

So he put in 2 hours of hard labor in order to get in an easy day? Makes sense.

Do they not have a fricken fieldhouse in a place that gets 13" of snow??!

xanderruns wrote:

yea you're right. Treadmills can hurt you. EVERY time I run on one this old hip injury flairs up even if it's just 3 miles. I'm tall too with a long stride. I avoid at all costs...on the other hand you have slippery surfaces that could cause aggravated achilles and even worse falls and breaks. Let's not forget what happen to Chris Solinsky walking his dog in the winter, slipped and tore his hamstring to never run at his former elite level again. So I see why he did the shoveling...

In places like Colorado, yea they shovel the sidewalks but some places they don't. You still have icey surfaces to deal with.

I thought Solinsky tripped over his dog while descending stairs, I didn't think he was walking the dog at the time and I assumed it was inside. I could be wrong, though.

As far as running in snow goes, I think there are good types of snow and bad types of snow to run on. Running in a few inches of fresh snow is great. Running on days-old, crusty snow/ice mixtures, not so much.

how can he run 15:23 but cant't break 2:10 for 800

?! wrote:

I think I'd be more inspired by an intelligent use of modern technology, than 2 wasted human hours of labor effort.

This is why most Americans are fat and diabetic.

This is so dumb.

Treadmill bro.

Save yourself the two hours of not easy shoveling.

weak sauce wrote:

It is pretty amazing how fragile runners are these days, they shouldn't even shovel some snow.

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Yet runners do all sorts of crazy stuff like box jumps, bench press, slurpees and plankers thinking that is going to make them a better distance runner. All it usually does is get them injured. (Jordan Hasay)

+1

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Great to see what happens when you have dedicated runners who will do whatever it takes to get better. Any coach would like to have an athlete like this, because regardless of whether the exercise of shoveling aided his training, he has spelled out that he will literally and figuratively clear away all obstacles himself without help and without being asked.

As far as training goes, running in the snow is a plus in the long-term but if you need to get some speedwork in for track races, you can't do it in the snow.

You both got most of them wrong.

iaaf.org/athletes/united-states/ryan-clifford-370893

Outdoor Bests

800m - 2:12.40

1500m - 4:20.84

5000m - 15:11.57

3000 Steeple - 9:42.39

10,000m - 33:17.74

Indoor Bests

800m - 2:17.47

Mile - 4:30.72

3000m - 9:03.22

5000m - 15:20.08

Proof that the LRC crowd can't ever just let a moment be. It must be about us and nobody can be better.

What's next, another Walmsley or Affolder post? Go eat some hot dogs.

Personally I'm hoping for another one of these (any will do):

- Walmsley super awesome training week. He's gonna do a 55 min HM soon (with hills).

- Who would win event X if both were fit? Guy #1 who was active in the 1960s, or Guy #2 who was also active in the 1960s?

- Tinman. (Cause I need my daily fix.)

- Vaporflies have [X property] and therefore [Y effect] which is totally [Z conclusion].

- I am X years old and run 5k in YY:yy. Please compliment me.

They don't plow the roads wherever this is?

The replies to this thread are classic letsrun posters in a nutshell

Post something positive of someone making an effort to improve

Then (most) everyone attacks the poster and the person making the effort

I was going to suggest a daily inspiration post but the trolls and haters might explode

it's all about snowflakes.

it snowed here 10 inches. and it was like 28 deg.

schools closed for the morning ... every body was talking.

i'm going, what snow?

if you are used to -20 deg chill routine and 6 feet of snow, it's all a good laugh.

then there's plus 100 deg for weeks on end without air con in the third world.

when you get 95 days and 80 nights, you go what heat?

i loved strapping on steel toe work boots and going for a run in the the worst nature had to offer.

like going for a fist fight with god.

except -40 deg chill, that was near the breaking point, where i'm near ready to fold the tent.

no more than 3 miles into the wind, but down wind, no problem.

Amen - the kid didn't ask the Coach to post the video, he just went out and shoveled snow.