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cherylpf
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 Posted: 02/12/04 - 18:23 Post subject: how much of a wuss am I/how hardcore are you?
Okay, I realize I'm in one of the warmer climates of RRers around...so I know I'm a wuss with weather. There is a 5 miler I was wanting to do Saturday and I'm now thinking of bailing because it will be 35-40 degrees with a 50% chance of rain  that sounds like a prescription for hypothermia for me. I can't even think right now what to wear in that scenario. Rain when its warm? Sure! Cold? Okay. COLD AND RAIN??  what would you do? Bag it and take the treadmill 5 miles or tough it up and do it? (I can already hear Jrjo barking like Tim Allen ready to give his 'caveman runneth' solution of not only running it but in a shorts only  )
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pokychick
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Posted: 02/12/04 - 18:29 Post subject:
wuss 
do it the weather will change by then anyway
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cherylpf
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Posted: 02/12/04 - 18:32 Post subject:
| pokychick wrote: | | do it the weather will change by then anyway |
yeah, by the time I finish, 2 more weather patterns will have come through 
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brie k
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Posted: 02/12/04 - 18:45 Post subject:
When I ran in Indianapolis in late winter, I ran in cold & rain, temps you described. I loved it, never regretted it.
I say run. 
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cherylpf
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Posted: 02/12/04 - 18:48 Post subject:
| brie k wrote: | When I ran in Indianapolis in late winter, I ran in cold & rain, temps you described. I loved it, never regretted it.
I say run. |
Wearing a plastic suit or what???
I am getting cold just continuing this conversation...
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Cappy
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Posted: 02/12/04 - 18:49 Post subject:
Yeah, you're a wuss
I ran no matter what the weather.
Now that I ride the bike, if its below 35° I am trainer bound
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Posted: 02/12/04 - 18:52 Post subject:
| Cappy wrote: | | if its below 35° I am trainer bound |
wuss.
I'd run it. I hate the cold, but 35-40°F isn't too bad even if you're wet.
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cherylpf
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Posted: 02/12/04 - 18:52 Post subject:
Yeah, I mean, I used to run in cold in Kentucky, but I don't remember it at all.
Okay then all you hardcore people, is there such a thing as too hot for you to run? (maybe I can throw some 'wusses' the other direction now)
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Cappy
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Posted: 02/12/04 - 18:58 Post subject:
| cherylpf wrote: | Yeah, I mean, I used to run in cold in Kentucky, but I don't remember it at all.
Okay then all you hardcore people, is there such a thing as too hot for you to run? (maybe I can throw some 'wusses' the other direction now) |
I really only ran in the mornings, but I always made sure I had plenty of H2O before during and after
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msparks
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Posted: 02/12/04 - 18:59 Post subject:
| cherylpf wrote: | Yeah, I mean, I used to run in cold in Kentucky, but I don't remember it at all.
Okay then all you hardcore people, is there such a thing as too hot for you to run? (maybe I can throw some 'wusses' the other direction now) |
Agreed. I ran today and the temp was right about 35 degrees F. It was almost tropical!
Sorry but...wuss!
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Posted: 02/12/04 - 19:03 Post subject:
It depends on how much the race means to you. If its just an average race, I'd probably bail because it's just miserable weather. I wouldn't let it keep me from running a race I really wanted to run though. And if you've already registered... you're a wuss for bailing.
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akern
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Posted: 02/12/04 - 19:07 Post subject:
35 isnt bad. 40 getting good. Last race I ran it was 40 and raining. I wore tights with a long sleeve shirt and a vest. I never got cold until I was done and was standing around waiting for the results.
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Posted: 02/12/04 - 19:14 Post subject:
i can barely do about 40 and up. any colder than that and the air is too cold for my chest/nostrils.
but im spoiled, i have an indoor track to run on at school when ever i want, regardless of the temps/weather.
 my name is beth, and im a running wuss.
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Posted: 02/12/04 - 19:24 Post subject:
| crazyfrog wrote: | | my name is beth, and im a running wuss. |
Hi, Beth! (wuss)
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Posted: 02/12/04 - 19:25 Post subject:
Those temps, no problem. Those temps and rain would suck. You won't be cold if you can stay dry until you start and then you'll be self heating once you start running.
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