GALVANIZD » long runs http://www.galvanizd.com Helping cultivate Charisma, Leadership & Self Improvement for Students Tue, 26 Jan 2010 21:24:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Fitness Update #1 – Cold Weather Running! http://www.galvanizd.com/2008/02/10/fitness-update-1-cold-weather-running/ http://www.galvanizd.com/2008/02/10/fitness-update-1-cold-weather-running/#comments Mon, 11 Feb 2008 02:55:00 +0000 Will http://www.galvanizd.com/?p=19 So I’ve bumped up my long run from 8K last week up to 9K this week. The challenge for this week wasn’t the distance, it was the temperature! I completed my run in about 58 minutes and 24 seconds, which could have been done faster had it not been for the treacherous terrain. Running through unshoveled piles of snow/ice aren’t really that of a concern for me, what really concerned me were the patches of ice while I was going DOWNHILL on Avenue Road.

I have to say that I have a lot of respect for people who run for longer distances in sub -10 degree Celsius weather WITH windchill added! I am so glad that my friend Beverly, who is also training for a marathon had given me the tip of putting Vaseline on my face when I’m running in particularly frigid weather.

I finally got to test the limits of my midweight running tights that I picked up from Mountain Equipment Co-op (mec.ca)… probably -7 degrees Celsius is the limit to which it can sustain any reasonable amount of warmth for my thighs. By the time I got back to the Ryerson gym and had taken off my tights, my thighs were red as lobsters. Note to self – pick up a pair of heavyweight tights for these crazier days.

Below is the course I took with the use of the handy-dandy runners companion, MapMyRun.com :)

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