I wish I was kidding when I refer to my fair city as the Arctic Tundra, but yeah, I'm not.
IT IS SO FREAKING COLD!
Little background. I use to live downtown in Chicago, where it got cold but the buildings would stop a lot of the wind. I recently moved up north to a lake front studio, and although living on a private beach was GREAT during the summer, it is really going to suck now. I seriously was almost blown away when I went out to run tonight.
THAT IS RIGHT. I went running. In the cold. I don't do these types of things, well now I do, but I use to not do these type of things. So there I was at 7 pm (because it was the only time I had to run) in my spandex long pants and layers of shirts running against gusting wind. It was pretty intense. I've been running 2 mile runs in the morning almost every day (I've had a few off) to try to really work on my speed and running technique, and my pace has been hella improving (I've set my new personal best twice in the past week for a mile!) but this cold weather really killed my lungs tonight. I took a deep gulp of air, and it felt like someone was stabbing my chest. I only went 1.15 mile. Granted I made myself bust it out and not just stop and walk but kept running, still it sucked.
SO, good news my pace is rocking (YAY) and I totally will be ready by next year to complete the marathon at or under the required time (DOUBLE YAY).
Bad news? IT IS SO COLD AND IT HURTS SO BAD.
Anyone else have really bad side stomach pains when running in the cold?
I pretty much have it pinned down somewhat to the weather, because I was running in decent weather at the pace I'm at now, and I was fine. Then it got colder, and I just cramp up.
Any suggestions for a cold cold girl? It would be much appreciated.
Well, to the confines of my warm blankets I go, only to roll out of bed and go out into the arctic to run again.
Not gonna lie though. I'm totally looking forward to the whole running part of that last sentence :)
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You're crazy.
Well, I don't think you're crazy! I know all about running in the wind, as the city I live in is infamous in that respect. I'm wondering exactly how cold your cold is though. If it eventually involves snow then it's a LOT colder than my cold!
Glad you posted. I've been meaning to say we should swap a few emails. If you contact me I'll introduce myself properly! You can contact me via pip@pip.gen.nz.
BTW: I had an EXCELLENT run tonight, despite having severely sore quads thanks to overdoing it a bit this week. Seems I use my glutes a lot more than I used to, as once upon a time I wouldn't have been able to run in this condition.
Oh, and GOOD ON YOU for still running.
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