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The Top Ten (or so) Good/Bad Things About Winter Running in Indiana

  Updated on 02/03/2007 at 6:23:16 PM   (Tags: winter, running, Indiana )

  1. I get to listen to Dave Sparks and Mark Doctor moan and groan about how cold and miserable they are
  2. It's easier to get a parking space in the 56th Street lot at Eagle Creek.
  3. You can't get lost on the trails because you can follow you foot prints back.
  4. Mark Renholzberger won't run during bad weather so you don't have to listen to him discuss politics.
  5. I've got my boss convinced that I have to leave work early so I can get my run in while there is still some daylight.
  6. Miss running at 5:30AM with the sun rising!
  7. Now the sun comes up in my coffee cup!
  8. It is dark when I leave for work and when I return - forced to run at CHS track or other off road area - miss playing in the street! :-(
  9. Looking for inside running location - CHS gym is construction zone and prefer running without hard hat.
  10. Now check my calendar for full moon, weatherman for wind speed & temp. (then plan run location)
  11. I'm too slow to run on icy or snow covered roads and avoid sliding out of control vehicles.
  12. Had to grow beard to keep face warm.
  13. Miss running in tee shirt & shorts.
  14. There are halos around all the street lights
  15. Only thing you can hear are your own footsteps
  16. You take in a deep breath and it tastes good, because it's so cold, but you're all warm inside
  17. Running in fresh snow with huge flakes falling silently around you
  18. The beautiful silence from a nice snow covering
  19. Ice much easier on shoe wear than pavement
  20. Gortex! Gortex! Gortex!
  21. Less Vaseline on inner thighs, more on lips and cheeks
  22. That odd baby-step stride you fall into when surprised by a patch of ice
  23. No problem finding ice for ankles turned in frozen tire ruts
  24. Frozen sweat doesn't stick!
  25. On a good clean snow, traffic lights alone make it not only light enough to run, but bright enough to read
  26. Low humidity
  27. Frost on mask adds interesting twist to VO2Max workouts
  28. Hard to breathe when your nostrils are frozen shut
  29. Spit bounces off the pavement
  30. Heat Stroke? Not a problem
  31. Can add 1/2mile to my normal route by avoiding potholes
  32. Hey, its only 3 months!