Saturday, December 30, 2017
Thursday, December 28, 2017
The Benefits of Winter Running
The advantages of winter running (-30 Celsius) are as follows:
- quiet
- empty streets
- fluffy snow to fall on everywhere
- ice to crush on
- well defined shoveled path to guide your dog
- learning about appropriate winter wear
- water everywhere (you are basically drinking water as you run, lots of oxygen)
- no sweat or you don't notice you are sweating
- great way to test your memory of your running routes when paths are not yet shoveled or appears to be blocked off from shovelers work!
I sort of wear the same outer winter running gear everyday because I am cheap. I change the inner layer only.
Okee the runner
Dogs really are one of the best running companions. Okee, my lovely Siberian Husky, is a great runner and has wonderful temperament. She doesn't talk much, she smiles alot and she's gentle.
It's hard not to go for at least a walk with her every morning when she looks at you with those eyes of excitment. I also notice that her smiles grow as we run. She loves the weather at this time of the year.
I think she's a bit tired from all of our travels this week so she negotiated with me during our walk this morning. We did not make it to my destination. Nevertheless, we still had a good run.
Now she is resting on the chair that she is not allowed to be on, as always. See photo.
I'll blog about the benefit of winter running in another post.


