The Running Thread --2025

Hopefully the streets are void of ice before too long. I can take the temps but really dislike falling on my head
This leads into my ATTQOTD: it's not the cold, it's the ice. I wear microspikes, which help for a lot of situations, but not when it's a skating rink. In the DC area, we had a "perfect" situation in my area on Sunday: rain and then sleet and then heavy wet snow (only an inch or so) that lasted until around dinner time, then the temperatures plummeted well below freezing. My husband dutifully went out in the dark after dinner and cleared the sidewalks and driveway before everything froze, but most people in the area didn't. The next morning, things were just frozen solid, and we're going to be below freezing until maybe Friday.

So...this is a problem. I was expecting to go out in the extreme cold this week, but I won't go on the ice. We are getting some Sun in the daytime, so I'm hoping that on Thursday I might be able to manage something on neighborhood sidewalks in my microspikes.

In terms of heat...the nice thing about trail running is that most trails around me have a lot of shade. I think the warmest I did this past crazy summer was a heat index of 106 F. Very slow. Honestly, I'm not sure that hot and slow is really helping my fitness, but it's better than the treadmill.

In the summer my "no go" is an active storm with lightning and/or flash floods (down side of trail running).
 
I’ve been waiting to post this until the results came back to see if I DFL’d it but still waiting on the email.

1st annual Wasatch Winter Trail fest. Two running distances, two snow bike distances. We were mostly on separate trails. I had a lot of fun.

Feels like of 3*F at the start. Nice freshly groomed snow, and only a little ice on the single track. There was a 100+ herd of elk on one of the hills, but they looked on guard and disinterested.

It was partially an out and back with two separate loops.There were only two others behind me during the race, but I never saw them on the last loop. Unfortunately my watch froze at mile 4

On the “big” climb I caught up to a lady who seemed to be doing run walk intervals, vs my hike the ups and run the flats and downs. She asked if I wanted to pass, and I said out of honesty, “no this pace is fine and we would probably end up playing leap frog.”
 

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I’ve been waiting to post this until the results came back to see if I DFL’d it but still waiting on the email.

1st annual Wasatch Winter Trail fest. Two running distances, two snow bike distances. We were mostly on separate trails. I had a lot of fun.

Feels like of 3*F at the start. Nice freshly groomed snow, and only a little ice on the single track. There was a 100+ herd of elk on one of the hills, but they looked on guard and disinterested.

It was partially an out and back with two separate loops.There were only two others behind me during the race, but I never saw them on the last loop. Unfortunately my watch froze at mile 4

On the “big” climb I caught up to a lady who seemed to be doing run walk intervals, vs my hike the ups and run the flats and downs. She asked if I wanted to pass, and I said out of honesty, “no this pace is fine and we would probably end up playing leap frog.”
Now that's a race! Congrats for finishing! DFL beats DNS any day!
 
I’ve been waiting to post this until the results came back to see if I DFL’d it but still waiting on the email.

1st annual Wasatch Winter Trail fest. Two running distances, two snow bike distances. We were mostly on separate trails. I had a lot of fun.

Feels like of 3*F at the start. Nice freshly groomed snow, and only a little ice on the single track. There was a 100+ herd of elk on one of the hills, but they looked on guard and disinterested.

It was partially an out and back with two separate loops.There were only two others behind me during the race, but I never saw them on the last loop. Unfortunately my watch froze at mile 4

On the “big” climb I caught up to a lady who seemed to be doing run walk intervals, vs my hike the ups and run the flats and downs. She asked if I wanted to pass, and I said out of honesty, “no this pace is fine and we would probably end up playing leap frog.”
That looks SO cold, but also beautifull. I love the medal!
 
While out walking the dog this morning i saw 3 people running and thought they were nuts. Besides it being cold 15 with a real feel of 8, the ice is insane. I felt better walking Whisky in the grass rather than the concrete. Lots of ice and i won't even talk about how the roads are. Very happy it is a lifting day at the gym.
 
ATTQOTD: I've run when it's been as cold as -30C, and didn't really have an issue with it. My issue is when it warms up/cools down and everything turns to ice. I won't go outside then.
As for the heat, I'm a big baby. I'll avoid going outside if the T+D is above about 145.
 
ATTQOTD: The wise DopeyBadger told me two weeks no running after the marathon, so that's what I'm sticking to. :)
I always fluctuate. Mostly because races don't always fall at convenient times for work, so it's not uncommon to come back from a race weekend into a very busy season at work. If nothing is on the immediate horizon, I wind up running when able to until the busy months subside.

Now, if a race is on the horizon, I like to take 1 week off for a half and 2 weeks off for Dopey.

ATTQOTD: Winters are mild, so cold isn't a problem for me. I can layer enough to be just fine. Summers are mostly mild, but can occasionally get very hot for a week. Depending on the circumstances and timing when that happens I either head to the gym for the treadmill or skip it altogether when it's brutally hot.

As for rain, I absolutely hate running in the rain. Almost to the point now of I won't run in the rain unless it's a race.
 
Those of us currently farther north are getting out our tiny little violins to play a sad song for you. :D:D:D
I texted my Wisconsan friend asking how she deals with actual cold weather, because it is getting RIDICULOUS here. Typically it’s cold for 1-2 days but I feel like it hasn’t been warm since Marathon Weekend and I am OVER it. Especially since our cinder block houses are terrible at holding in heat.

*plays more violin*
 
So, I just lacked a little patience. Official race photos. Only gonna do two, because you have to sift through all the race photos, and I’m not dealing with that another time for all the photos I saved improperly.

Also, I DFL’d the men’s long course(7 mile), but not overall, with a time of 1:39. The two I wasn’t sure if they finished, did, and good on them!

(Edited for spelling errors)
 

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I texted my Wisconsan friend asking how she deals with actual cold weather, because it is getting RIDICULOUS here. Typically it’s cold for 1-2 days but I feel like it hasn’t been warm since Marathon Weekend and I am OVER it. Especially since our cinder block houses are terrible at holding in heat.

*plays more violin*
No joke. My single-pane, drafty windows and uninsulated cinder block walls are letting more cold in than my heater can handle! I’m wearing two layers of warm clothes, am under a down blanket, and have a cat plastered to my side… still can’t feel my toes! It was never like this in my snug, warm home Up North.
 
Good grief, several topics to catch up on:
Garmin - I ignore the run suggestions and simply do my runs. It does amuse me that it is still suggesting longer runs in spite of the fact that it has been 5 months since I've been able to run.
Cold - around 50 degrees is the lower limit for my happy place. It has been literally freezing here of late and I've bundled up and gone out for my 2-mile walks. But the 20+ min/mile pace means I'm not breathing in cold air for all I'm worth and that makes a huge difference.
Post-race running - For a 10K or a Half, I'll probably be back on a relaxed pace training run a couple of days later. I did have a max-effort 5K last year ( I wanted a new PR) and that left my sapped for the better part of a week. After a marathon? I think 7 or 8 days later I'm antsy for an easy run.
Photos: I'm attaching two photos. The first is my castle pic from a year ago, running as Deadpool. I love how thin I look in this photo. The second is from a local 10K that I did with my son. The background is the morning sun trying to shine through the mist coming off the river.Castle_jump.JPGPT.JPG
 
No joke. My single-pane, drafty windows and uninsulated cinder block walls are letting more cold in than my heater can handle! I’m wearing two layers of warm clothes, am under a down blanket, and have a cat plastered to my side… still can’t feel my toes! It was never like this in my snug, warm home Up North.
I moved from Boston to Dallas in 2009 and I was cold during my first winter. I didn’t understand it and thought I was going nuts because I was just cold in my apartment. Then my boss, who was from Pittsburgh complained about the lack of insulation in older buildings. That was a light bulb moment for me. Yes, my parents’ house in Boston would be so cozy in the winter!
 
So what I thought this years schedule might be is definitely not what it will be, and I have several races I want that will again wait. However, anyone familiar with this…

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It’s been a while since I’ve been there and this may fit the calendar and be a great intro to ultras. Seems like it’s been around a while so hopefully well organized, just wondering if anyone has run any distance there or is planning to.
 



















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