Due to snowstorm in NYC...this Central Park 15K race was more or less cancelled and turned into a
10K "fun run". No clock, no chip. Turnout was small...about 400 or so runners (75%+ of the
registered runners did not show up). It was about 21 degrees/11 or so w/WindChill factored in. It
snowed 9-10 inches 18 hours before the race and there was about an inch of packed snow on most all
of the road surface the whole course. Race starts and I bolted out sure footed/confident in my
Addidas Response Trail Running shoes. I have never ran hard under these conditions so for me this
race was an endurance/environment challenge. All I focused on was staying sure footed while striding
as expansive but as safely as possible. I would say it was mild blizzar-like and hitting black ice
was my fear. I wore running tights, one thermal top, cheap $1 gloves (mistake), cap, and my racing
glasses (important). I used cocoa butter on my lips and face to reduce the beating of snow hitting
my face....this worked well. I hate running in these conditions and having saliva and moisture
freezing on the sides of your face, corners of your mouth, nostrils, eyelids, etc....but
moisturizing my face effectively minimized the build up of frozen moisture on my face. The allowed
me to breath well/easy the whole race. This and having my glasses on allowed me to keep my eyes
fully open and aware during the race and seeing where I was seeking footing as I did not have to
squint at all. If you did not wear glasses in this race...you were squinting in much of it with your
head down as the winds whipped right into your face with frozen snow, etc... Did a lot of choppy
running but overall it was not all that bad. But boy when that wind/snow is flying horizontally and
cutting into you...it can be tough. I finished well relative to field, did a 42:05 which all thing
considered was pleasing. I felt like I got a good hard training run in since the "race" was
cancelled and this was a fun run. Most important thing I learned? Just like shoes....don't go cheap
on your gloves folks. Stupid on my part. As my hands were numb in this race....I felt pretty stupid
thinking how I'm wearing $10 socks, $75 sunglasses, $100 watch, and I've got on one damn dollar
gloves? That ain't worth a [censored]? How stupid is that? You know...$1 bargin bin gloves. DUMB. I really
screwed this part of the equation up....but today I am going to get a decent/proper pair of running
gloves. What did I learn? I wore a single thermal top....ok for warmpth...dump for when it's
actually snowing as snow clings to thermal tops real well. Moisurizing your face provides a lot of
comfort, Sunglasses are important to prevent you from excessive squinting and allow you to look
up/keep your head up and not down......and gloves are very very important and not to go cheap on. I
also learned that in running on snow...you're placing a lot of trust and confidence in your shoe,
strike, and surface. Any striked can be disaster. 2 years ago I was training in 5" of snow, struck a
round block/chip of ice the size of a grapefruit and had a nasty ankle roll that sidelined me for 4
weeks (I was lucky not to tear ligaments/tendons). Be careful out there. However these is absolutely
a unique character, dimension, and skill set that comes with snow racing. I thought today's event
should have been a legitimate race, scored, timed.....and the spoils (victory) goes to those
prepared to battle the conditions/environment. There's unique aspects of risk in 100 degree weather
racing, racing in a rain or ice storm...and I just saw no basis for cancellation of this event from
race status to fun run....oh well...
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"Globaldisc" <[email hidden]> wrote in message <race report snipped>
Paragraphs, man... paragraphs! 🙂
Nice report - I have a 5k race myself in a little over three hours, but we just missed the system
that dumped on you guys and on most areas directly north of me as well. It's sunny and dry out.Racing in snowstorms can be fun though!
cheers,
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"SwStudio" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:<[email hidden]>...Quoted message said:
Paragraphs, man... paragraphs! 🙂
Well yeah - but remarkable progress on full stops, though:-)
Anders
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news:<[email hidden]>...Quoted message said:
Due to snowstorm in NYC...this Central Park 15K race was more or less cancelled and turned into a
10K "fun run". No clock, no chip.Strikes me rather odd: snow shouldn´t be a problem to chip timing electronics, and a race should be
a race in any and all conditions.Quoted message said:
Turnout was small...about 400 or so runners (75%+ of the registered runners did not show up). It
was about 21 degrees/11 or so w/WindChill factored
in. It snowed 9-10 inches 18 hours before the race and there was about an > inch of packed snow
on most all of the road surface the whole course.What sort of packed snow? Dry and loose? Dry and dense? A hard layer on top of dry asphalt? Of icy
asphalt? Or what? There are *different words* for all those "snows", you know:-)FWIW I found myself running a HM - in a small (pop. 90.000) Finnish city. The weather was -6C(21F)
with a N wind of 10m/s (22mph), so the wind chill factor *was* a factor to reckon with. There wee 85
runners, all classes, in the HM and 107 in the full marathon - and this was a record attendance in
the 23-year-old history of the event...Since this is a freak winter with absolutely no snow on the ground south of Lapland proper, a small
amount of sand took care of any possible iciness.Quoted message said:
(...) I wore running tights, one thermal top, cheap $1 gloves (mistake), cap, and my racing
glasses (important). I used cocoa butter on my lips and > face to reduce the beating of snow
hitting my face....this worked well.I wore a XC-skiing jacket and pants (and short Brynje mesh underwear) and cap(1), a pair of those
cheap gloves - I don´t seem to need Thinsulate in these kind of conditions yet - and yellow-lensed
Briko Lucifer shades just for fun (and, okay, to protect my eyes which tend to water easily from the
wilder gushes of wind).And my sturdy Karhu Arrow shoes, of course, some lip balm, and an unwashed and -shaven face:-)
(1) where was yours?
Quoted message said:
I hate running in these conditions and having saliva and moisture freezing on > the sides of your
face, corners of your mouth, nostrils, eyelids, etc....In that case I´m afraid nordic skiing will never be your sport:-)
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But boy when that wind/snow is flying horizontally and cutting into you...it > can be tough. I
finished well relative to field, did a 42:05 which all thing considered was pleasing."When the tough get going, the going gets tough", eh? And "Life is tough and without tough there
wouldn´t be life" - well, okay, that loses something in translation...Quoted message said:
Most important thing I learned? Just like shoes....don't go cheap on your gloves folks. Stupid on
my part. As my hands were numb in this race....I felt pretty stupid thinking how I'm wearing $10
socks, $75 sunglasses, $100 watch, and I've got on one damn dollar gloves? That ain't worth a
[censored]? How stupid is that? You know...$1 bargin bin gloves. DUMB. I really screwed this part of the
equation up....but today I am going to get a decent/proper pair of running gloves.When your hands go numb, it means your peripheral micro- circulation isn´t doing great - and that in
turn means that your *very basic* basic endurance isn´t up to squat! When you´re in shape, your
hands don´t freeze!OK, this is an area of immense interpersonal variation, but I think you could consider it as a sign
from the gods of Boston Marathon...(I take it that you´ll be looking at windproof rather than insulated gloves?)
Anders
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