Only one word for that temperature: Nipuler.

Shadow Blasko: As someone who has coughed up frozen chunks after sprinting on my bike at -10F, and paying for it ... for weeks..

These people are insane.

Bingo. Just running in the (positive) teens or 20s makes my chest hurt.

If I saw -49 on the thermometer, I'd say screw that and pour myself a hot drink.

I've gone hashing in 6 degree weather and mountain biked in 2 degree... (At least with the former there was beer)

I refuse to go out and run at temperatures under 49 degrees. One has to draw the line somewhere.

I like my running the same way I like my women: hot, indoors, sweaty, and in tight exercise shorts.

Better chance for a good age group placing!

I would but my penis is staying in bed.

-49 Degrees? This is how I would suit up for the race.

But was it fun? I don't think so.

I used to run at -25F. A scarf helped, but had to be careful not to breath through my nose for too long. A huge plus side was my knees and other joints never felt pain. It was awesome!

My cut-off point for running is freezing, but if it's below 45, it has to at least be SUNNY. And it can't be raining.

/Up to running almost 2 miles now
//Started running last July and could only run a couple of blocks before I was winded

I hope there were plenty of water stops along the course. Wouldn't want anyone to get overheated.

When friends in the lower 48 write to me about these articles, I use my favorite movie quote:

"a good supply of body bags"

And they have what, 3-4 hours daylight this time of year?

I've cross-country skied when it was -10 F. Too farking cold. Every breath you take through your nose freezes in your nostrils.

The words "fun" and "run" do not even belong in the same sentence, let alone used next to one another.

/why yes, I am a chubby wench

"fun"

I did 6+ miles in a sunny 28 degrees on quiet Saturday morning recently and I ran a 15k in December in 34 degree weather... (Caffeine and Under Armour helps...) But I can't believe those times these runners ended up with... Pretty incredible.

/Training for the NYC Half and the NYC Triathlon...

medius: Cassata26: 34 degree weather...

I'd run that in shorts.

Low 20s I start hurting, though.

I'm pretty sure I've never even seen -49. Coldest I've known would have been as a child, and that was in Celsius, so who knows how to even compare?

I really dislike running in the cold so it has to be really hot for me to wear shorts... (My lungs never hurt actually, it's more the dull ache/numbness in my legs.)

It's a necessary evil unfortunately, but thankfully the thermal running gear they make now a days works really well.

medius: I'm pretty sure I've never even seen -49. Coldest I've known would have been as a child, and that was in Celsius, so who knows how to even compare?

Isn't that pretty close to where carbon dioxide freezes?

Pfft...

The US Air Force Academy GoRuck Challenge went down Fri Night/Sat Morning and all 7 of the cadets of the USAFA Combat Shooting Team (including two former grads) who signed up proudly finished the whole event. Run by Special Forces guys to raise money for the Green Beret Foundation, its hours of PT, a 21mile ruck with 60lbs and your part of a log and then more PT.

Bad.Ass.

GoRuck Challenge (new window)

I'm proud of them all.

Kyoki: The US Air Force Academy GoRuck Challenge went down Fri Night/Sat Morning and all 7 of the cadets of the USAFA Combat Shooting Team (including two former grads) who signed up proudly finished the whole event. Run by Special Forces guys to raise money for the Green Beret Foundation, its hours of PT, a 21mile ruck with 60lbs and your part of a log and then more PT.

CSB

I should have clarified, it started out at the AFA, at about 7500ft above sea level. The SF pic is just the main page picture. I don't have any from the other night yet.

I'm pretty sure I've never even seen -49. Coldest I've known would have been as a child, and that was in Celsius, so who knows how to even compare?

I guess me
F=9/5 C + 32
Both the same temp at -40, so -49F = -45 C

Kyoki: I should have clarified, it started out at the AFA, at about 7500ft above sea level

Was it -49 degrees F at 7500 feet?

medius: so it was all downhill?

Nobody likes a smartass, medius.

/Except me, of course.

Alright this might make me sound like an internet tough guy but running in cold temps really isn't that bad. I live in the Northwest Territories where it regularly hits -40 Celsius in the winter months, and I go running or snowshoeing at least a few times a week year round.
Besides the annoyance of breathing through a balaclava, I prefer running in the winter because it's easier to maintain a lower body temp and not overheat or have aching joints as you run. You're not going to freeze your lungs...though you might get a farkload of ice built up on your eyebrows.

I'm wondering if people are thinking that you need to run in "running attire" similar to that in warmer climates? Here's what I'd typically wear to go running or snowshoeing at -40C, or even -50C:

thermal long johns
insulated active pants (sort of like snowpants....but smaller and easier to run in)
wool socks
baffin boots (not the big ones...but a low cut one)
dry fit top
fleece (even this isn't always necessary. If I'm running hard or snowshoeing I usually just need the top and a jacket)
soft shell jacket
balaclava
toque (unless there's no wind...then I just wear the balaclava)
liner gloves
mitts


So that may sound like a lot, but it's not like you're running around like the Michelin Man or anything. If anything you need to worry about sweating when winter running cause then you're farked unless you KNOW you can make it home okay.

Speaking of winter running...there's a 45km marathon in Yellowknife, NWT in March. Believe it or not, it actually gets a fair number of participants.


/csb

medius: Kyoki: it started out at the AFA, at about 7500ft above sea level

so it was all downhill?

Unfortuantely no, they did descend into Colorado Springs, but then it was back up to return to the AFA. It was between 10° and -21° depending on where/when.

soupieC: Here's what I'd typically wear to go running or snowshoeing at -40C, or even -50C:

thermal long johns
insulated active pants (sort of like snowpants....but smaller and easier to run in)
wool socks
baffin boots (not the big ones...but a low cut one)
dry fit top
fleece (even this isn't always necessary. If I'm running hard or snowshoeing I usually just need the top and a jacket)
soft shell jacket
balaclava
toque (unless there's no wind...then I just wear the balaclava)
liner gloves
mitts


Here's what I'd typically wear to go running or snowshoeing at -40C, or even -50C:

Straitjacket.

faaaaaaaark that

/I'm from a place that has an average yearly temperature of 80, I was in +40 once, and I thought I was dying, I don't want to know what it's like on the inverse side of the zero.

Oh HELL no. Walking to class in -10 weather a couple times in college was bad enough. I remember the first time I did, I was so exhausted by the time I got to the lecture hall that I fell asleep.

yes....I......agree?

I've always wondered, who says, "Wow, this area that's frozen 8 months out of the year and a farkin' swamp for the rest seems like a great place to live in!". Makes me wonder who the crazy guy was who set up a tent there, and better yet, why the fark anybody joined 'em.

Yaxe: Makes me wonder who the crazy guy was who set up a tent there, and better yet, why the fark anybody joined 'em.

Came in seventh

ultraholland: I would but my penis is staying in bed.

You're not the lead singer of King Missile by any chance, are you?

NotARocketScientist: I'm pretty sure I've never even seen -49. Coldest I've known would have been as a child, and that was in Celsius, so who knows how to even compare?

I guess me
F=9/5 C + 32
Both the same temp at -40, so -49F = -45 C

Fun fact: -40 degrees (the point where Fahrenheit and Celsius intersect) is also the average winter low in Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Outer Mongolia. Not as unpleasant as you might think since the air there is thin and dry.

At that temperature you get fun effects like water freezing before it hits the ground,,, and if you take an "empty" soda bottle full of 70-degree air outside, you get to watch it collapse as the air inside cools to sub-zero temperatures rather rapidly.

Went camping at -20F once. Only once. I like my balls attached to my body, thank you.