I love stretchy rubber with spikes on it. It truly is the greatest invention of our time.
Of course, I’m referring to this, for my shoes: (I don’t know what you’re thinking of, perv)
So anyways, I did my first ever in the snow run tonight. I went about 10km and it went really well.
The spikey things for my shoes worked as I hoped, I had no slips and falls at all. In fact, I felt just as stable as if I was running on concrete without any snow, slush or ice. It was fantastic.
I bundled up, I put on my running tights (the tops and bottoms), running shorts and a t-shirt, my sweatpants, a sweatshirt, a hat, mitts, one pair of socks, my regular running shoes and the stretchy rubber with spikes on it. I was plenty warm enough (although if I wasn’t working up a sweat that might have been a different story).
The only complaint I have about the run was the puddles. I stepped in a few of them, which of course got my feet soaking wet, which is not fun to run in. They weren’t cold for long though, but I’m not really sure what to do about it. If I put bags in my shoes, or buy waterproof running shoes I’m going to end up with a sauna in there anyways with no way for the sweat to escape. I’m thinking I’ll just have to endure that.
