You guys ever run in bad weather?

I was laughing at your title because here in Seattle it rains like 8 months a year. But, yeah you mean REALLY bad, like dangerous weather.

I would definitely steer clear of serious lightning storms and wtf a tornado? You are trolling, no way would you even think of running anywhere close to a tornado.....

No way, certain death!

seattle dude wrote:

I was laughing at your title because here in Seattle it rains like 8 months a year. But, yeah you mean REALLY bad, like dangerous weather.

I would definitely steer clear of serious lightning storms and wtf a tornado? You are trolling, no way would you even think of running anywhere close to a tornado.....

I am a bit loony, I run at night a lot and during the winter for awhile I was running on ice without yaktrax in the middle of winter, was jumping over snow drifts like hurdles during one storm.

BcsTechRunner wrote:

seattle dude wrote:

I was laughing at your title because here in Seattle it rains like 8 months a year. But, yeah you mean REALLY bad, like dangerous weather.

I would definitely steer clear of serious lightning storms and wtf a tornado? You are trolling, no way would you even think of running anywhere close to a tornado.....

I am a bit loony, I run at night a lot and during the winter for awhile I was running on ice without yaktrax in the middle of winter, was jumping over snow drifts like hurdles during one storm.

YOLO. Or as the famous quote goes: "You only live once. But, if you do it right, once is enough."

BcsTechRunner wrote:

Storming out, rain/lightning maybe a tornado not sure thinking of going for a little run to the other side of town and back, what yall reckon?

if you don't , you are a weak person

I jog with an umbrella and galoshes on my feet in inclement weather.

From Canada so yeah - ran in bad weather.

One time I was running with some guys in the pouring rain. Just rain. But it was pouring. The kind of rain where you are soaked from head to toe after 30 seconds. Anyways, one guy claimed ALL top marathoners pee themselves during a marathon. So, he said since he's already soaked he's going to practice peeing himself while running so he can do it during a marathon. He tried. And tried. And tried some more. He could not do it. Not even a drop. So eventually he stopped running. Then started peeing. Then starting running. Lo and behold he said he was peeing while running just like the pros do.

Central Illinois - been caught out in the country when a sudden tornado appeared along with hail. I was flying trying to get home. Over the final 3 miles the temperature dropped 30 degrees!

Ran a long run during Hurricane Irma. I live in central Georgia so we weren't getting the full force, but we still got heavy rain and strong winds. I ended up getting a half marathon pb because for the majority of the run, I had huge amounts of wind at my back.

Illini old fart wrote:

Central Illinois - been caught out in the country when a sudden tornado appeared along with hail. I was flying trying to get home. Over the final 3 miles the temperature dropped 30 degrees!

Northern Illinois for me, but I race a lot (or at least used to) in central Illinois. Maybe I know you?

The closest I ever got to running in a tornado was one unseasonably warm and stormy Tuesday in February 2017. I was about 5 miles into my normal 10-mile run and way out in the country when the tornado sirens went off. I started hammering for home, but I was easily 5 miles away with not much shelter around me. Slowly, I realized what was happening. It was 10 AM. It was first Tuesday of the month. I was hearing the normal monthly tornado siren test, bu it was still scary for about 30 seconds.

I've experienced the 30-degree drop, the hail, bitter cold, blizzards, heat. You name it, I've probably run in it. The thing I hate more than anything though is wind! I'm sure you can relate.

Cat 1 hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico about 50 - 60 miles from our university ... still had practice - waves of heavy rain and wind every few minutes.

Spring snow storm in Colorado - snow built up on my chest and would roll off in sheets after about an inch of accumulation.

Ground blizzards in Boulder - no snow falling from clouds, but 60MPH winds picked up the snow on the ground from a previous storm.

Had a skin exfoliation from the sand and gravel blowing off of the Horsetooth Reservoir dam in Fort Collins. Port-a-johns were horizontal.

Ran in the "Miracle in March" in northern California in 1991 ... the drought came to an end with a month of torrential rain. I was biking too and from work - I was drenched before I hit the street as I rolled out the garage on my bike.

So ... I've run in bad weather a few times.

"There is no bad weather, only bad gear..."

-30°F (straight up, no idea theoretical wind-chill which I don't ascribe to anyway) thru +110l, and nearly everything in between including blizzards, tornadoes, lightning-storms, etc... (but no hurricanes I can think of). Can you even call yourself a runner if you haven't experienced some and/or all kinds of weather?

I'll run in anything but severe thunderstorms and maybe a blizzard with high winds. Just not worth it.

From Canada wrote:

From Canada so yeah - ran in bad weather.

From Phillipines, ran in typhoon.

That's just typical Canadian weather. We get 40 degree C changes sometimes in the same week!

But yeah from below -40c/f no problem. With or without windchill, to +42c with 90% humidity. The entire road can be covered in ice, fun times, or knee deep in snow. Freezing rain? sure. Sheets of rain? bring it on. Gale force winds? Is that a breeze?

But now I try to stay away from lightening storms now - too much risk.

I lived in Nebraska.

Absolutely love running in wild weather. Been in cloudbursts that flooded the trail, a sudden snow blizzard where I was coated in 3" of snow in just minutes, been knocked off my feet by the shock wave of a lightening strike ( it hit a close by light pole). Makes a run just that much more interesting.