For running in the snow. Yep. As with many years here, just skipped right past fall. Two days ago I ran and was too hot at 25 Celsius. And today the white stuff came.
I have learned some things.
1. Wear contacts. Between my glasses fogging up and the melting snow I couldn't see anything and had to carry my glasses and run half blind.
2. Seize the perfect weather window. I was able to get out before the ground started to freeze and ice up, but after real flakes formed so I didn't get too wet.
3. Warmup walk was cold but I heat up just the same one I started running.
4. I must be a runner now, because the only other excuse for that behavior is insanity.
Welcome to winter friends!
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I can confirm that it's NOT yet snowing in the Scottish Highlands! Tis autumnal with a wee chill in the air...great for my w4r2 this morning! As for the vote...a decidedly frosty atmosphere in the north currently!! Bah!
It's not snowing here, but i encountered quite significant temperature change last week. On Tuesday I was walking on the Cairngorm plateau in T-shirt and shorts and got a wee bit sunburnt on my neck. The next day when walking over the plateau, I was dressed in my fleece, windproof jacket, hat, gloves and buff around my neck!
I didn't know I could turn such a vivid shade of green! I am SOOOOO envious. Cracking views from what looked like a wonderful walk.
Is that a Tera Nova tent? It looks like their logo.
Off for a ride on the Dartmoor lanes now, and I should be marshaling at the Tour of Britain on Thursday, but Izzie goes into be turned into an 'it' and not a girly dog on that morning, so I have had to pull out.
This 3-day backpacking trip to the Cairngorms was my birthday treat. All I wanted for my birthday was to do a high wild camp (I'm a cheap date, huh?) and this was certainly a high camp.
Yes, the tent is our ten year old TerraNova Laserlarge1. With it being a tunnel tent, we find it a bit 'flappy', therefore noisy, in high winds, but is otherwise a good compromise of weight to space for two.
What an excellent preesie, and one you can both share and look back on for years to come. I shall suggest something similar to the Mrs.
We own Terra Nova Ultra Quasar, and being the Scout quartermaster, I have access to 8 Super Quasars, one Terra Firma and one Laser. Excellent tents. The Quasars are a bit heavy, but my God, they are tough. The Laser is tiny (half a man tent) but is sooooo light.
Get back out there before the weather changes, and enjoy your running in the Autumn.
I'm not too sure. I'll try to keep going outdoors, it's mostly the ice that concerns me. I have these things that slip over your shoes with little picks in them - I used them for dog walking and winter hiking. But they're not great on bare pavement, so I'll have to see. Otherwise I guess the treadmill, though I hate gyms. The university also has an indoor track - I think that might be a little better.
France has similar weather, nothing between freezing and boiling! I've not sen snow after a sunny day like that but in October it usually changes over night - once it went from 32C to 9C the next day...people think I'm bonkers to go home to UK for winter, but I know what I'm doing!
Running in the snow?? Hmm- I'll have to think a bit about that one. Is it anything like running in the rain? -- because I DON'T do that!! Well - actually I did once for 5 minutes this week, but that is only because I didn't look at the Weather Bureau radar closely enough before I went outside.
Actually - now I have discovered that I don't do running in the snow either -- because it never snows where I live . Thank heavens for that - I was starting to get worried . There is a lot to learn about in this running hobby
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