frozen snot anyone?

The coldest I ever ran in was last year, it was -10, fortunately there was no wind. Amazingly I was never cold. As long as you layer everything, you are fine, you may feel like the Michelin Man, but it isn't that bad.

Just so you know, during the winder months I run the middle of the road as well. It's usually a lot less icier than the shoulders. However I do move over when I see cars approaching. Fortunately most of the roads I run on are not heavily travelled, especially at 4:30 in the morning. Just me and the snow plows this time of year

Chris

As far as too cold, well I don't think there is any such thing, at least I haven't found it yet.

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I could care less about frozen snot, its when Mr. Happy's nose freezes that I get worried.

Hey Trixie - IT'S NEVER TOO COLD!! And when I'm running and it's that cold, the cars behind me can wait! They have heat and I don't, so if I'm slowing them down by running - tooo bad. (No offense)

k

-38??? Wow, I thought I was brave running in Moscow at -14 celcius a couple of weeks ago. Since then it has warmed up. I was thinking that I would have to go indoors in January but if it is safe to run down to -38 then I am all set as the record low here is -40c and that was in 1997. I am of course not referring to any wind chill factors just pure temperature but the wind is not so bad here.

Mr Happy has a nose?  I knew there was that one eye...but a nose too, COOL

MWAHAHAHAHAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...........

Okay, I'm better now.

My Race Log

-36!! This weekend was the coldest I ever ran in.  With the right clothes, I was actually hot. My hands were sweating.  But my mitts were completely covered in frozen snot when I got home. Which then melted and became once again the wet runny snot all over my mitts.

It's not the cold that bother's me, it's the ice.  I just hate doing splits whenever I hit a patch of seeming snow with ice beneath it.  It's a balmy -28 outside right now and according to the weather report it feels more like -41 because of the humidity.  On the bright side, it is a beautiful sunny day out there.  And speaking of "Mr Happy", I froze his "nose" once while cross country skiing and it did not bother me at all ... until it started to thaw out in the car on the way home ...... yyyyyyoooooooooooooouuuuuuuuuuchhhhhhhh.... 

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New to this running thing, but a few years ago, I played outdoor hockey here in Chicago with Wind Chills at -65 degrees....

And


I'd do it again

Motivated they make fur lined supporters. Funny you mention it. There was an article about that in this months runners world. Where it got frostbitten and required a warming technique (manual) wife walked in and caught him. Gave me a good belly laugh.

stay warm

SUUUUUURE, that's what you're doing, WARMING IT!

LMAO!

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I try not to run if it's below Freezing... 32 is definitely my limit. I'm the winter-time dreadmill queen.

I'll join the cold weather wimp club here and say that anything below 32F is too cold for me, especially if there is any wind. I've got access to a perfectly good treadmill right now so there's no reason to suffer through the cold. Besides the really cold weather, if you can call it that compared to -38c or f, only lasts for maybe 3 months down here. It's hard to warrant an investment in the cold weather gear for running or cycling with that limited amount of time off the streets. Of course, if I lost access to my treadmill (it's at work) then I would probably tough it out in the cold. If I do then I'll share my snot stories as well.
Skeedawg

I kid you not CO girl. It was in this months Runners world. I'm at work but I'll post page # later. And Trixie it's mine and I'll "warm it" as long as needed.

If the snot freezes before it hits the ground, it's too cold.

It actually gets that cold here in northern MN a few times every 10 years or so. If I remember correctly, the last time we were down to -50 deg. F. was in the mid / late 90s. I took my classes outside for some neat demo's that can only be done at temps that cold.

I would rather run at -10 than at 98. I just can't seem to take enough clothes off at 98 to be comfortable. At -10 one can always put on more layers.

Swimming at -10 is a bit tough though. I had an unintentional swim at -15 to -20 deg. F., I think it was the same year as the -50 temps. A buddy and I were walking to a favorite ice fishing spot. We had to park the car about 3/4 of a mile away from the lake and walk. I went through the ice and sank up to my arm pits. By the time my buddy had unstrapped his sled to help, I had pulled myself out. The walk back was fine, until I stopped at the car. My clothes immediately froze. It was amazing to me that my clothes stayed wet for the 15 - 20 minute trudge through the snow. Apparently my movement kept everything warm.