Worst Running Weather in the History of the World
Okay, maybe a bit of an exaggeration, but it was pretty insane.
First, all three types of precipitation – rain, hail, and snow. The only thing missing was cats and dogs.
Secondly, all of that lovely precipitation was blowing nearly completely horizontal with high wind gusts.
Thirdly, it was freezing, 5:30am, and the Lakefront was exploding up on shore a good 20 to 30 splash zones.
Finally, the range of sight in weather like this is already pretty obfuscated, but I ran with my specs on, so my glasses were fogged for almost the entire run making visibility almost 0%.
It was the craziest amounts of precipitation, the worst wind conditions, and the most horrendous horizontal blizzard situation I’ve ever encountered. Ah, you gotta love it though. I remember at Colorado College, some runners preferred the colder, icier weather because they didn’t over heat, so to most of the population this is atrocious, but the sparse few, it could be the best running weather.
2007/04/11 at 5:04 AM
