Winter Challenge - 2012

NickW · Oct 11, 2012

Good luck JT!

DNEchris · Oct 12, 2012

Enjoy the seasonal weather!

lparker · Oct 12, 2012

I'm going on a 6 mile hike tomorrow morning. The temp is supposed to be 27F at the start. I do jog on the trails once in a while. Would this count towards my totals?

rickwhitelaw · Oct 12, 2012

lparker said:
I'm going on a 6 mile hike tomorrow morning. The temp is supposed to be 27F at the start. I do jog on the trails once in a while. Would this count towards my totals?

I was going to ask the same question since I hike quite a bit. I would say yes because 1. still barefoot 2. still mileage 3. It's actually more of a challenge to walk and hike in colder weather in my experience. I guess we will get an official decision from YOW? Who makes the rules around here? Put it to a vote?

Barefooting Bob · Oct 12, 2012

I will concur walking and hiking is much more challenging when it is cold. Harder to keep your feet warm. YOW what are your thoughts. Note this is a running challenge, I think if you end up walking or hiking during your run it should count, but not sure if it would count if you true mission was to go for a hike.

But I am game with what ever decision is make by the 'All Mighty YOW'

Barefoot YOW · Oct 13, 2012

lparker said:
I'm going on a 6 mile hike tomorrow morning. The temp is supposed to be 27F at the start. I do jog on the trails once in a while. Would this count towards my totals?

Walking counts ... if you're barefoot and within our temperature requirement, your cold walk counts. I agree with Rick and Bob .... cold weather trails are much harder to handle then cold roads. I'll add a comment to the first post in this thread to ensure that everyone knows that walking qualifies too. My only caution is that walking in sub-freezing temperatures may increase your likelihood of frostbite.

Barefoot YOW · Oct 13, 2012

rickwhitelaw said:
I was going to ask the same question since I hike quite a bit. I would say yes because 1. still barefoot 2. still mileage 3. It's actually more of a challenge to walk and hike in colder weather in my experience. I guess we will get an official decision from YOW? Who makes the rules around here? Put it to a vote?

No real Grand PooPah here. The only steadfast rule is that you need to be bare foot and <= 41F or 5C. I never really thought that someone would walk in the cold.

Barefoot YOW · Oct 13, 2012

I finally got my first sub-freezing run in this morning. Clear, -5C, with geese flying 100 ft above me as they headed south ... a good sign that more winter runs are to come.

lparker · Oct 13, 2012

According to my car thermometer, my hike started out at 28F and when I got back it said 48F. There was about a 10mph wind. The hike ended up 11.97 miles...I'm going to call it 12 and put the whole thing into the <41F group. And, yes, it was darned cold for the first 3 and the last 1 hours - 7+ hours and most of it on unmarked/maintained trails.

Barefoot YOW · Oct 15, 2012

Week 2 & we have now run 313 km or 196 mi.

Barfuß Chelsea · Oct 17, 2012

6km at the same temps as last week (4-5*). Much more manageable.

Barfuß Chelsea · Oct 17, 2012

Why is it that all the columns right of the total distance have the "#REF!" thing in them and I can't edit anything?

rickwhitelaw · Oct 17, 2012

This is a weird fall. Getting into the 30's every night, but the freezing run still eludes me. Normally, we would be freezing every night this time of year.

NickW · Oct 17, 2012

rickwhitelaw said:
This is a weird fall. Getting into the 30's every night, but the freezing run still eludes me. Normally, we would be freezing every night this time of year.

We're having a long warm fall too. Sucks....

rickwhitelaw · Oct 17, 2012

Funny we are craving the colder temperatures. We are going to wish we didn't in about 1 month.

NickW · Oct 17, 2012

rickwhitelaw said:
Funny we are craving the colder temperatures. We are going to wish we didn't in about 1 month.

Haha, you might regret it but I won't. Here in OR we just don't have very bad winters most of the time. 4-5 years ago we did have snow for about 2 weeks straight, which was something that hadn't happened in like 40 years or something like that. Usually IF we get snow, it's for maybe a day or two and only 3-4 times a year. We get a lot more freezing rain and ice, which I guess that sucks too.

dutchie53 · Oct 17, 2012

I love global warming.

Barefooting Bob · Oct 17, 2012

Weather was 10 degrees (Celcius) this morningwhen I got up, so after my good mileage over the previous two weeks, I've got notta. I almost miss the driving snow in my face.