rain/snow mix, 35 degrees (24 windchill), 19mph winds = forecast for my 10k in 2 hrs.

slampiece · 11-22-2007, 06:08 AM

i don't even own a fucking windbreaker! it's typically 40-45 degrees this time of year so i was not expecting this shit, though it does snow like once every 10 years before thanksgiving here...

this is going to blow. if i can still break 50 min i am going to be very surprised.

i wish i didn't pre-register, pay for, and tell everyone i was going to run this race... i would feel so guilty not going.

it's time to slam an eca stack and trick myself into thinking there's a million dollars waiting for me at the finish line... *devil horns*

Gavriel** · 11-22-2007, 09:43 AM

I feel for you.

Last Turkey day I ran a 8k and it was about 25-30degrees the whole race.

In fact on September 15th of this year I ran a 10 miler, and when I started it was 38 degrees!

**Cap'n** · 11-22-2007, 10:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by slampiece

i don't even own a fucking windbreaker!

Well there's your problem right there

**Standard** · 11-22-2007, 10:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alan Goode

Well there's your problem right there

I usually run in a hoodie in the winter, i wish i had another one though...

slampiece · 11-23-2007, 09:18 PM

This wasn't that great. Tons of problems and ran it in 49 min -- split was around 22, should have finished in 45 easily. Disappointed a bit... but I guess I was glad I sucked it up and went out in that shit storm.

JoelThomas · 11-25-2007, 02:55 AM

Hahaha, oh man. One time I ran a rainy sub 35 degree Thanksgiving 10k (if I remember correctly) in nothing but a single thermal top. My nipples were bleeding and frostbitten by the end. It was heinous.

Polynikes · 11-26-2007, 12:58 PM

I did a 110 mile adventure race in the swamps of Florida while it was 35 degrees and it rained for probably 80% of the race.

I remember during one of the mountain bike portions it was like 2:30 AM and we were trying to ride in a single file line (it was single track). Well, our headlamps and bike headlights did nothing but illuminate the rain drops that were coming in sideways.

It sucked so bad.

The trails were nothing but soft mud, our tires were getting stuck, we couldn't see because of the rain + headlamp effects, and it was freezing outside.

So, as we basically ate continuously throughout the race, we started falling a lot trying dig out energy bars and shit while riding.

It sucked so bad.