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Mouseketeer
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- Jan 10, 2018
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OK, so I'm laughing right now at all the gif's... thanks everyone for the mid-afternoon pick-me-up at work.
SAFD:
I thought I had ran in pretty extreme weather, but many of ya'll are outright spartan's for running in the weather you describe.
Cold - weather in Utah gets pretty cold in the winter, and my bro-in-law and I have ran in low teens before, which probably get down to single digits with wind chill (and our route often runs against the mouth of a canyon that typically has a brisk wind blowing from it). I do enjoy running in a light snowstorm with little wind - so awesome and peaceful.
Hot - I've probably ran in warmer temps than this, but my very first marathon was the St. George Marathon in St. George, Utah. The climate in St. George is similar to Vegas (very dry, hot, desert-like) and this marathon is ran in early October so you don't get the really hot summer temps. In 2010 when I ran it, however, they were in a rather hot spell, so while the start was probably in the low to mid-40's (we were in the desert after all...) it heated up to mid-80's by the time we finished the race. We had done nearly all of our training runs early in the morning and had probably not ran in anything warmer than mid-60's, so by the time I hit mile 18 or 19 and things really started to cook, my body really felt the effects of the sun and heat. The GP crowds at this marathon are the best, though - and from about mile 24 to the end you have tons of people cheering you on, giving you bags of ice to cool off, or better yet - handing out popsicles. The root beer popsicle I was handed by a young girl at about mile 24 pretty much saved me on that race.
Add me to the list of those who prefer running in cold temps rather than hot - mostly because my body is used to it... but also the great argument of being able to layer up and keep your body at a good temp throughout a "cold" run compared to dealing with miserable heat with the inability to cool off your body(except for maybe running through someone's sprinklers or jumping in a pool...)
SAFD:
I thought I had ran in pretty extreme weather, but many of ya'll are outright spartan's for running in the weather you describe.
Cold - weather in Utah gets pretty cold in the winter, and my bro-in-law and I have ran in low teens before, which probably get down to single digits with wind chill (and our route often runs against the mouth of a canyon that typically has a brisk wind blowing from it). I do enjoy running in a light snowstorm with little wind - so awesome and peaceful.
Hot - I've probably ran in warmer temps than this, but my very first marathon was the St. George Marathon in St. George, Utah. The climate in St. George is similar to Vegas (very dry, hot, desert-like) and this marathon is ran in early October so you don't get the really hot summer temps. In 2010 when I ran it, however, they were in a rather hot spell, so while the start was probably in the low to mid-40's (we were in the desert after all...) it heated up to mid-80's by the time we finished the race. We had done nearly all of our training runs early in the morning and had probably not ran in anything warmer than mid-60's, so by the time I hit mile 18 or 19 and things really started to cook, my body really felt the effects of the sun and heat. The GP crowds at this marathon are the best, though - and from about mile 24 to the end you have tons of people cheering you on, giving you bags of ice to cool off, or better yet - handing out popsicles. The root beer popsicle I was handed by a young girl at about mile 24 pretty much saved me on that race.
Add me to the list of those who prefer running in cold temps rather than hot - mostly because my body is used to it... but also the great argument of being able to layer up and keep your body at a good temp throughout a "cold" run compared to dealing with miserable heat with the inability to cool off your body(except for maybe running through someone's sprinklers or jumping in a pool...)
I’m looking forward to it. The behind the scenes stuff is interesting to me!
