runners everywhere are going dormant for the winter, and a few are running countless laps around an indoor track right now preparing for season*.
but this is the best time to be a true distance runner, someone who does it for sheer love. loads of people run when its nice outside, they run for fitness. its when the temperature drops and the snow and ice cover the paths that you see the few people who are willing to sacrifice their "thermo-comfort" to get a run in. sure you can say that the snow slows you down and makes the miles seem longer, but a better way to look at snow is as something that forces you to appreciate each moment and each stride. with icy conditions, you have to focus on each step as you take it, and each foot-strike as is falls. which can depress those used to the thousands of strides taken during the fall months, where you simply zone out until its over, but with a change in perspective for the average runner, winter could easily become the season for running. instead of sending runners inside on treadmills for 2-3 months of the year, it should become a mental break from the structured and focused training of the other seasons.
how serious can you be about hitting splits when youre runnning in the dark in 8 inches of snow and ice?
-you gota do it for love at that point, or you wont do it at all!
what do you think?
*and good luck to all track runners! indoor season can be a ton of fun!
i love this post man!
ReplyDeleteyeah you do! thats cause you run outside year round, and it reassures you that your a real runner. im pretty sure insecurity is one of the biggest motivators for runners. -no matter how much i train, i feel like the fact that anyone could do what i do if they wanted to means that im not much of a runner... so i run REALLY FAR... so i can be sure that im a "real" runner :P
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