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Yellow! Glad to hear you're having fun running again! It sounds beautiful. Last Christmas morning I went out for a run. It was snowing and magical. I reflected on miserable Christmases past, and all I'd done to get free. Running is great for that.
That very day I got some Nordic walking shoes and poles I'd asked for. The shoes are like heavy-duty running shoes, water proof and sturdy-soled. Very good for running in that freeze-melt-freeze stuff Colby referred to.
I'll bet Miss Pika likes running better than cycling!
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Thread: My First Run on Snow!
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11-01-2006, 03:06 PM #16
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Just regular lightweight snow shoes are enough. I just like hiking out there in the middle of nowhere, knowing I am not going to go hip deep into the snow!
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11-03-2006, 04:36 AM #17
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11-04-2006, 10:19 PM #18
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I'll run in snow up to my knees (it becomes difficult to impossible any higher than that for any length of time).
Yes, it's slippery--but so is mud, wet grass, wet rocks. You learn to push off more carefully, take higher shorter steps when there's a higher risk of slipping.
In several years of running in snow I've only fallen once--slipped on black ice. I was only bruised. Compare to five or six falls I've had running on rocks, mud, even pavement--two were twisted ankles. If you fall in snow, all you get is snow-covered!
