How do people run in cold weather?

Wear a scarf or ski mask over your face so that you breathe warmer air, and go a bit slower so that you don’t pant so hard.

What @submariner said, and you get acclimatised to the cold after a while. The biggest trick is to breath in through the nose and out through the mouth.

Also, shorten your run in cold weather, start with a quarter or less of your normal run and limit your exposure to the cold to no more than 10–15 minutes while running. Until you are adjusted to the colder conditions.

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A friend of mine is into running. She’s run a lot of half marathons and is going to do a full marathon in June. She uses special gear for running out in the cold weather. I’m not sure what all to look for, but she’s talked about running tights. I’d suggest trying to find some gear like that if you’re really serious about it.

Go to a gym and run on a treadmill.

Go to a gym or stay at home!

i go to my house

I wonder what you consider cold weather? I live in Tacoma where the temps never get much lower that 10 degrees F and I jog everyday up to 20 miles at a time even in the freezing cold rain. I must admit that icy roads slows me down as I have to wear special cleats on my jogging shoes. The key is to dress properly for the weather. When it is really bad out I put plastic bags over my socks before I put on my shoes; metal shoe cleats (for ice); wear an insulated baseball cap with ear flaps; “Thinsulate” gloves; leg tights; one short sleeve and one long sleeve t-shirt and a cortex vest. IMPORTANT: wad up some paper towels and put them in your crotch area to insulate your private parts. P.S. never go out jogging without pepper spray to fend off the attack dogs. Have fun!

Left foot, right foot, left foot, right foot, repeat….... To be honest I don’t understand why anyone would want to run in the first place.

WTF, Attack dogs?

@cheebdragon So called “friendly” dogs suddenly become attack dogs when I’m out jogging in my neigborhood. I’ve been bit many times. The last bite (from a “friendly” doberman) sent me to an urgent care clinic to get stiched up. Two dogs bit and scratched up my wife while she was jogging and she also needed stiches. Dog pepper spray has saved my hide many times. I like “Muzzel” dog spray the best. It can instantly turn an attacking pitbull into a crying puppy. Once again the roads are MINE!

Jesus Christ, and you continue to run, why?...why not just join a gym? The cost must be lower than the medical bills. I am very surprised that the pepper spray doesn’t aggravate the dogs even more, I’ve seen someone taser a dog to try and break up a fight with another dog (not for sport, just a dog that didn’t get along with other animals) but the taser only made it worse.

I only enjoy jogging/walking/hiking when it’s bitterly cold out for I get too hot, dehydrated and sweaty when it’s warm out. I’m not sure if there is a ‘trick’ to running in cold weather. I will tell you one thing don’t join the Army or Marines then. You will be required to run in the worst weather (cold or not).

Get a tread mill…that way you can “run” in any kind of weather..I DID

@cheebdragon Why I jog is a good question. Addicted I supose. I’m good at recognizing a friendly dog vs a mean dog and spray them as a last resort. Most likely nothing less than a flamethrower could stop a charging doberman but the Muzzle spray has brought several huge dogs litterally to their kness as they try to wipe out their eyes. As far as medical bills, the dog owners have to take care of that. Every sport has its risks and injuries and you can even get injured in a gym.

The weather man says that we are going to get some snow tonight. I can’t wait for my early morning jog in the dark, cold and ice! Hit it!!!

Sure I can find a bunch of videos on running in cold weather, but finding official music videos on YouTube and I’m just SOL?!?!

With anything, winter running gets easier the more you do it. Not only will your body get used to the temperature but you will also find certain things that either work, or don’t work for you along the way. Keep in mind that you will not be able to get the same quality of workouts done in winter than summer. Although a slight decrease in training is good at some period throughout the year. If you are interested in checking out more I recently wrote an article about it here: link

don’t try to breathe too quickly it will only hurt you. otherwise just wear a scarfe and try to slow down your breathing.

@gondwanalon The dogs natural instinct to chase anything that runs probably has something to do with it. They are on the predator side of the predator/prey equation so if it runs it must be food is hardwired into most canines.

It can be suppressed with training, but it is always there.