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- From: gkc@freddie.udev.cdc.com (gordon k chace x2367)
- Newsgroups: rec.running
- Subject: Re: president-elect's runs
- Message-ID: <50944@shamash.cdc.com>
- Date: 30 Dec 92 21:10:32 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec30.083312.8446@mic.ucla.edu>, rush@eggneb.astro.ucla.edu (Brian Rush ) writes:
- |> In article <50919@shamash.cdc.com> gkc@freddie.udev.cdc.com (gordon k chace x2367) writes:
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- |> >Here in Minnesota, we have a reversed meaning for the phrase "near
- |> >freezing" :-(
- |> >
- |> It may be more uncomfortable to run in very cold weather but it is
- |> actually physically more difficult to run in very hot weather. I've run
- |> in the 20's (F) and it's harder to convince myself to go out and start
- |> than when I've run with it over 110 (F), but the latter is harder on the
- |> body once started. My point: don't conclude that runners are wimps
- |> just because they live in hot weather.
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- Actually, I agree completely. There are many advantages to winter running,
- you have pointed out the reduced risk of overheating. There is also the
- reduced risk of tripping over a dog leash or baby carriage. No temptation
- to fixate on stopwatch. The disadvantages are risk of slip&fall
- (a relative in Denver just got a metal plate added inside ankle) and the
- reduced availability of daylight.
-
- Getting back to "near freezing", I find that just under freezing is much
- more slippery than negative Fahrenheit. And just *after* freezing is much
- slicker than "ain't seen 32 for months".
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- Getting back to the news media's usage of "near freezing", I find it almost
- impossible to explain winter running to "civilians". They look at me like
- I'm really crazy (which I might be, but for other reasons).
-
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- Gordon K. Chace
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