Set-back January 16, 2007
Posted by RegiVizz in Running.trackback
For those of you who keep up with my “regular” blog, you know that the weather here has not been very conducive to running. I don’t have a gym membership, so running the streets and doing my own workouts at home are my only options.
The ice storm cancelled my Saturday long run. If it was snow, I’d be all for running out at the lake, on the grass, buuuut, it’s ice. Frozen solid, even over the grass (believe me…I headed out there yesterday to be sure). It’ll be Thursday before I can get a run in. 
Oh well…I’ve got a few weeks built into my marathon training schedule for just this thing. Hopefully things will be back on track Thursday!
That stinks.
Buy a treadmill, or move to someplace really cool like San Diego. Our worst possible days, it will be 35 degrees and maybe some mist.
Ewww…. Treadmills.. I work at an office building with 4 levels of underground parking. When it’s super cold (like -5 in Denver last few days) or super snowy (2 feet of snow a month ago), I usually run laps at the third sublevel which usually doesn’t get many people to park there (lower carbon monoxide level). So, find yourself a parking garage and find an empty floor and do laps! Way better than running on a treadmill.
A lot of places in MN had indoor tracks…find one of those.
I’ve heard other people suggest the “run in a parking garage” idea that Rahim has. That being said, running outdoors is so much fun… even in the cold.
Maybe you can find a trail that is more of a rough dirt trail where even with snow/ice you’ll have good traction. Any woods/hills you can run in?
Oh, and don’t call it a Set-Back… it’s just an extended recovery period.
If you are really concerned about fitness, you could always get a cheap “bike trainer” and set it up indoors to just do some spinning and get a good cardio workout in.
I have an elliptical I use when I don’t feel like pounding my joints outside.
Try skipping – or do you guys call it jump rope? Cheap and easy with all the benefits of a good cardio workout and leg strength training.
[...] Tulsa and other parts of Oklahoma has been getting, especially if anyone has read posts from Regina regiVizz or the Red Fork Hippie Chick and the Hippie Chick’s other [...]