RunningAHEAD - Topic: What keeps you motivated when the weather goes to hell? (page 4)

backstretch

posted: 2/15/2008 at 10:27 PM

Coming to this site, it's sort of like an A,A, meeting ....I'm guessing Wink

. If I'm driving somewhere and I notice someone running on a day I was going to just pass on. I think what the hell? Next thing you know I'm out there!

"The drops of rain make a hole in the stone, not by violence, but by oft falling." - Lucretius

paavoman

posted: 2/15/2008 at 11:43 PM

Knowing that I'm getting faster and faster while 2 of my XC teammates are playing tennis. Just wanting to have that "perfect" season where awesome times are ran.

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rectumdamnnearkilledem

posted: 2/16/2008 at 9:55 AM

Quote from backstretch on 2/15/2008 at 10:27 PM:

Coming to this site, it's sort of like an A,A, meeting ....I'm guessing . If I'm driving somewhere and I notice someone running on a day I was going to just pass on. I think what the hell? Next thing you know I'm out there!

It's like good peer pressure! Big grin

Getting the wind knocked out of you is the only way to

remind your lungs how much they like the taste of air.

~ Sarah Kay

Anya_

posted: 2/16/2008 at 10:06 AM

Man, it's 40 degrees , dry and sunny here. Perfect. Why am I not out there? I suck!

- Anya

invisible

posted: 2/16/2008 at 11:07 AM

Well, it's 9 F here and I'm going out the door in an hour. It'll be my first run in 2 weeks (flu) and I really don't feel like it, but I know that once I'm out, it'll be O. K. and that when I get back, I'll be glad that I ran.

90 percent of the game is not giving up.

ymmv

posted: 2/16/2008 at 11:45 AM

what gets me out there early in the morning in any kind of weather? ...knowing my running buddy will be there!

Teresadfp

One day at a time

posted: 2/16/2008 at 12:58 PM

Looking at my photos from March, 2007, before I lost 30 pounds. Shocked

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#2867

posted: 2/16/2008 at 1:23 PM

Contrary to the forecasts, this morning was perfect for running. The snowmobiles packed down the trails really well since Wednesday, which then froze, giving the trails a "slightly soft" road sort of crunchiness. It was also about 15 degrees warmer than I had thought it would be at the start of the run. It was 10 degrees near the start of the run.

Quote from milktruck on 2/15/2008 at 5:25 PM:

I turned a corner last night onto a road which is a slight downhill slope -- turns out that all that glistening wet was really the day's melt water turned back to ice. In my struggle to stay on my feet, I slid across the road in front of a truck with a plow pulling up to the intersection. He did a great job stopping and missing me, with the bonus that I was able to grab onto one of these posts they have at the end of the plows to not fall down. Whew!

That's why I put screws in the bottom of my shoes. Grip is nice.

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invisible

posted: 2/16/2008 at 4:17 PM
modified: 2/16/2008 at 4:18 PM

I'm back. It was a great run from beginning to end.

90 percent of the game is not giving up.

Teresadfp

One day at a time

posted: 2/16/2008 at 4:26 PM

Quote from Run To Win on 2/16/2008 at 1:23 PM:

Contrary to the forecasts, this morning was perfect for running. The snowmobiles packed down the trails really well since Wednesday, which then froze, giving the trails a "slightly soft" road sort of crunchiness. It was also about 15 degrees warmer than I had thought it would be at the start of the run. It was 10 degrees near the start of the run. That's why I put screws in the bottom of my shoes. Grip is nice.

Blaine, I was very irritated at the forecasters! I planned my day around running at the Y because of that horrible forecast. I promised my kids they could swim while I ran on the treadmill. It was annoying to walk outside this afternoon and discover that I should have run! Oh, well. I got in 7.1 miles, which is the farthest I've gone so far. I'm glad you had a good run! Teresa

invisible

posted: 2/16/2008 at 4:41 PM

Don't get mad at the messenger, but the forecast just indicates what to wear. This messenger also reminds you of that old saying: "Inclement weather is a stop sign for wimps." Smile

90 percent of the game is not giving up.

trentman359

posted: 2/16/2008 at 9:16 PM

What keeps you motivated when the weather goes to hell? Absolutely nothing.

Teresadfp

One day at a time

posted: 2/16/2008 at 9:33 PM

Quote from invisible on 2/16/2008 at 4:41 PM:

Don't get mad at the messenger, but the forecast just indicates what to wear. This messenger also reminds you of that old saying: "Inclement weather is a stop sign for wimps."

Yep, I'm a wimp when they say -15 to -20 with wind chill, I'll admit it! Now if it were -10 with NO wind, I might consider going. Running into wind is so miserable it's not worth it to me.

invisible

posted: 2/16/2008 at 10:09 PM

To each his/her own, of course, but even -25 wind chill can be anything from 5 above with a 60 mph wind to -10 with a 10 mph wind. I'd much rather run in the later than the former. Smile

90 percent of the game is not giving up.

Run To Win

#2867

posted: 2/17/2008 at 12:36 PM

Quote from Teresadfp on 2/16/2008 at 4:26 PM:

Blaine, I was very irritated at the forecasters!

I might plan some general workouts around forecasts, but I don't trust them and never have. I know what the weather is like when I look out the window and see. I might check a radar image, or see what it says the temp is somewhere at the moment when I'm traveling. I hope you got (or get) out there today; it's beautiful. It was 13° in Falmouth this morning, but very little wind so it was a pretty pleasant run.

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