Yes indeed!Probably logged my last subfreezing run yesterday. Not much contribution lately from me. I was going for 600 km total, but going to come up short. It will be a good goal for next year.
Impressive numbers on the spreadsheet. Good work fellow cold tolerant BRSers!
Yes indeed!
I'm more than ready for supra-freezing running, although I'm hating the slush, that's for sure. Looking forward to challenging you for the general classification next year Rick. Hopefully we'll both have a nice injury-free season. How's your foot doing by the way? Miss your reports on the mileage forum.
Yah, it's amazing how many factors are involved with slush. The temp obviously can't be too cold or else there wouldn't be slush to begin with, but time of day, height of sun in the season, wind, depth, and constancy all play a part in determining whether I can deal with slush or not. On Saturday's run there even seemed to be a difference between puddles and slush on top of concrete and puddles and slush on top of asphalt. I guess the asphalt was able to radiate the sun's heat better, so it didn't feel as bad. I got on one long section of slushy sidewalks and had to tap out after about a quarter mile and warm up my feet with socks and shoes while I stretched out. I was just about to enter a mile and half of very moist lake path and knew my feet had gone too far to be able to recover on that. Once they had warmed up though, they were fine with the thin layer of moisture on top of the lake path's mild chipseal asphalt.As the season progressed I was able to drop my cold temp. boundary a little, but I still haven't been able to run in snow and slush. Not just the cold toes, but the ice daggers into the calves.
Foot is doing better with some expensive PT and cross training. I miss the running mileage though. I'll still try to be active in the mileage thread even though I'm not logging too many. Also, my post count goes down quite a bit during the summer. Looks like Scedastic and Pirate will overtake me there. (I'm seriously not that competitive)
As the season progressed I was able to drop my cold temp. boundary a little, but I still haven't been able to run in snow and slush. Not just the cold toes, but the ice daggers into the calves.
Foot is doing better with some expensive PT and cross training. I miss the running mileage though. I'll still try to be active in the mileage thread even though I'm not logging too many. Also, my post count goes down quite a bit during the summer. Looks like Scedastic and Pirate will overtake me there. (I'm seriously not that competitive)
You guys in Winnipeg have it very tough. There just aren't that many bareable opportunities for you winter pagans, unlike in places like Minnesota, Michigan, and eastern Canada. You guys run about 5-6 C / 10 F colder than us, and seem to get more snow too, right?Just looked at my total for the year, I passed my initial goal of 250km, woohoo. Not sure I am going to be getting to much more by the end of the month, but still very happy.
Hope you get back to the milage you want soon! My post count has grealty suffered as a result of shifting job responsabilities....luckily my post count is not reflective of my overall milage
USA needs only 8 km more to reach 2000 for the winter. Who will do it?
Thanks for hosting BF-YOW! I had a lot of fun.Winter Challenge is now closed. We covered 2323 miles or 3739 km. Congrats to all participants.
rickwhitelaw is this years winner for most distance. Each participant should feel like a winner, for expanding their barefoot experience. I will be writing up a summary. Please email me you comments/photos. [email protected]
Thank you all that followed and participated.
... But it seem that most of the US and Canada are still experiencing winter challenge conditions at present. Again thank you for all the work you put into this.