For Joggers and Runners

[alexri]

Originally Posted by sylvie

What do ya's do through the winter months for those of you who get snow?
Our city here arent great about street cleaning, and so i may have to rely on running on my treadmill through the winter months.. But i find running on a treadmill completely different from the outside run.

With the colder weather, snowy roads, and darkness coming so early, I do hit the dreadmill a lot more than I want to in the winter. But the reality is that it is safer. I don't trust drivers here in bad weather/icy roads. We do have bike paths and trails but they are not very safe in bad weather or they are not maintained in the winter.

Or I just go do events in warm states... ha.

I'm gearing up bigtime for Goofy now. Yesterday was 9.5, today is 16-18. Today I have highs in the 40s (ugh) so part of me is really debating doing it on a treadmill at my gym-- not because of fear of the cold, but because my gym is very humid with no air conditioning, and would actually realistically be closer to the conditions in Florida in Jan. That's my other thing- I always need to be conscious of what the weather will be like where I race so the body is not shocked but sudden extreme temperature changes.