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not bad for mile 25
CanadianMeg and JRMichler for the win, but last Thursday I went 1.8 miles at -13F, wind chill was -39F. Other recent days have been single digits but less windy, and I'm not inspired to do more than 2 miles.
Oh, you guys want to use windchill; hold my beer!
In Fairplay, it would be -20-30 bulb temp, with 30mph winds coming off the Mosquito range. So, 60 below zero out in the open. I ran in the afternoons, so it was probably -25 with windchill. Of note, often my Toyota pickup was the only car around that would start in the morning without help, and I didn't use a block heater.
In Central Oregon, I remember leaving to walk to school one morning and it was -42. Not much wind that I remember, but feet were definitely numb after the half mile there!
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I think I'm spoilt here in Melbourne, while it can become about -3 rarely (Centigrade) usually it's pretty good running weather.. heat is more a problem here than the cold!
Not sure actual temp but with wind chill it was -18F in upstate NY when I went to pick up my son from college. I did about 9 miles and at one point the wind made my eyes water, and then the cold froze the tears so my eyes froze shut.
Owww. I once did a legit run with my husky in -6F for 3 miles. He loved it. I survived. Actually, it wasn't that bad since there was no wind to speak of.
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Maybe I should have said Canadians are excluded from bragging about running in the cold. Cold isn't an accurate description when you can say the degrees and not have to specify F or C because they are the same number. The races held in Antartica are not that cold.
For base temp, I think it was probably -38*C (-36*F) or -39*C (-38*F). Windchill, coldest is -46*C (-51*F) or -48*C (-54*F). That was probably only a mile or so just to say I'd done it.
For base temp, I think it was probably -38*C (-36*F) or -39*C (-38*F).
Windchill, coldest is -46*C (-51*F) or -48*C (-54*F). That was probably only a mile or so just to say I'd done it.
Memphis / 38 male
5k - 20:39 / 10k - 43:48 / Half - 1:34:47 / Full - 3:38:10
My two coldest runs are Feb 14, 2021 at -19F (actual) plus about 10 mph wind, and a year ago tomorrow, Jan 7, 2022 also at -19F in Running Ahead and -20F on my household thermometer, but no mention of wind in the running log, so probably in the 5-10mph range. I usually note if it is dead calm.
I have a picture with icicles on my eyebrows from a recent -8F run, but I don't know how to upload it here (so I made it my Avatar, since I didn't have one).
And I'm still in the US. Last I checked, Minnesota was not part of Canada. We just get some of their weather.
Xmas morning it was I believe 20 below with wind chill and I nearly froze my dick off with my 3 mile hobbyjog. It's ok though it's rarely used, my dick I mean. So there's a masochistic component to this clearly but plenty of winter left here in WNY so I'll be back later to try to break my masochistic records.
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Read through this thread for some ideas / help there ....
Dick Hurt in the Cold Morning
moderate climate over in here in Ireland means we don't get the extremes of cold.
But in winter months I regularly jog in temps of -2 celsius.
This works out at 28 °F. Not all that cold really.
If there's frozen water on the road surface I tend to give it a skip. Just keep to the cold dry days.
All business
I did one in 0F (about -18C) many years ago when I lived in Chicago. I was bundled up, and did 6 miles.
My log notes: "I saw a parked SUV that had "you're killing the environment" written on the snow on its hood. That made me laugh."
Thanks for a reason to look back on old entries!
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