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How do you run snow?
Question:
okay..first, thanks to everyone who gave me advice on whether or not I should run during a ski trip, Now what I want to know now is how to I run in the snow? I mean, do I just put on my running shoes and go out into it and start running like I would on asphalt? That would make my feet very wet and cold and that doesn’t sound very nice! Being a Floridian, I’ve never had the experience of snow running. Suzanne
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| run in the snow? I mean, do I just put on my running shoes and go out | into it and start running like I would on asphalt? That would make my | feet very wet and cold and that doesn’t sound very nice! Being a | Floridian, I’ve never had the experience of snow running. Being a Minnesotan, I’ve never had the experience of beach running. :-) Seriously, it’s no big deal. Feet stay dry and warm unless you are running in mostly-liquid slush. The dry stuff just fluffs away from your feet, and the semi-damp stuff just compacts densely under your sole. The exercise you are performing pumps a lot of bloodflow to keep your feet warm. I do switch shoes in the winter, instead of going for the perfect fit, I go for the chunkiest tread. And I did take a spill last month trying to run on glazed ice, so now I have a pair of shoes with hexhead screws stuck in the tread. — Gordon K. Chace voice (612) 482-6524 OpenVision Technologies, Inc. fax (612) 482-2383 RISC: Really Invented on the Sixty-six-hundred by CDC
Response:
(snip) The worst case scenario is the compaction of snow into ice after one or more snowfalls due usually to pedestrian or other traffic. This sort of stuff is difficult to run on and your best policy is avoid it if possible.
Agreed. I went for a run a couple of Sundays ago and ate it hard on the ice. It wasn’t until I got back that I noticed the blood on my tights. Now that this wound is healing, I went for a run today and tried to be more careful on the ice. It didn’t work too well. I ate it on the other knee this time. I have since resolved to run only on the road where there is no ice, or to walk across those icy spots. Ice = evil. Or maybe I’m just a clumsy oaf. Perhaps.
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Now what I want to know now is how to I run in the snow? I mean, do I just put on my running shoes and go out into it and start running like I would on asphalt? That would make my feet very wet and cold and that doesn’t sound very nice!
It all depends on whether it is a fresh snowfall or what the temperature is at the time. If the temp is near 0 degrees C/32 degrees F then you will get a wet snow, in which case you may get wet feet, particularly if is coming down fast and hard. If it is much colder *and* the ground is dry, you will find running in the snow a real treat if it is relatively fresh. You can run like you do on pavement but you will have more spring in your run due to the snow. Unfortunately with time and with increasing cold the snow will become crisper and harder to run in. And of course if there is enough of it you will need snow shoes to prevent yourself from sinking. The worst case scenario is the compaction of snow into ice after one or more snowfalls due usually to pedestrian or other traffic. This sort of stuff is difficult to run on and your best policy is avoid it if possible.