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kcrunner29

20 posts since
Dec 14, 2007

Nov 17, 2006 1:15 PM

Hottest and Coldest Run Ever!?

Okay, what is the hottest weather you have ever run in and the coldest you have ever run in?

Mine is -4 and 95.

Any thoughts?

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evanflein

1,279 posts since
Aug 14, 2007

1. Nov 17, 2006 1:18 PM

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-20 and 85. (the longest/coldest was 18 miles at -18... pretty frosty!)

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lynnruns

31 posts since
Mar 18, 2006

2. Nov 17, 2006 1:22 PM

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hottest was this summer. August 1st, 97 degrees at race time which was at 6pm. 10 mile road race. 2nd hottest day of the year. I was a little off for a couple days after that.

coldest? hmmm. maybe 5 or 6 degrees. gets pretty cold in NH. but as someone here on Cool Running said " there is no bad weather, only bad clothes"

MGinNYC

198 posts since
Jan 18, 2005

3. Nov 17, 2006 1:58 PM

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quote:<HR>Originally posted by lynnruns:
as someone here on Cool Running said " there is no bad weather, only bad clothes" <HR>

You?re right about that.

My coldest was a morning a couple of winters ago in Central Park - it was one or two degrees above zero and I felt great.

The hottest was also in Central Park; it was the Nike One Hit Wonder in July 2005. It was the year they gave out the red technical shirts, which seemed unusually heavy, and it was about 90 degrees and very humid. Many people were throwing up and collapsing along the course.
MG

superburtm

140 posts since
Dec 14, 2007

4. Nov 17, 2006 3:27 PM

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I have not run in the cold yet..but like an Idiot I ran 2 miles in 112 degree weather this past summer. Lucky I didn't croak.

SLOjim

369 posts since
Nov 17, 2007

5. Nov 17, 2006 5:46 PM

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I was a real idiot for running a marathon with temps topping 105 ... I was sick for 3 days

Shadow38

54 posts since
Dec 14, 2007

6. Nov 17, 2006 6:40 PM

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Re: Hottest and Coldest Run Ever!?

Warmest - about 85 or so

Coldest - about 5 degrees above zero.

I'd much rather run in the cold. The heat kills me.

denger2

88 posts since
May 11, 2005

7. Nov 17, 2006 7:02 PM

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There is a lot of variety in weather here in Maine.

Coldest -5 F
Warmest 97 F

Brian

RumblinBumblinStumblin

51 posts since
Dec 14, 2007

8. Nov 17, 2006 8:40 PM

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9 - I can do colder,
96 - but hotter feels stupid

esnackpack

61 posts since
Dec 14, 2007

9. Nov 17, 2006 9:12 PM

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Hottest -- around 105 this summer in AZ
Coldest -- -30 windchill in MN earlier this year. That was a cold long run and I was bundled up!

equinox marathon 43016

402 posts since
Nov 2, 2006

10. Nov 17, 2006 9:17 PM

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Coldest: -36 Fahrenheit when I lived in Fairbanks, Alaska.

Warmest: 102 Fahrenheit with a heat index of 119.

I don't recommend either. But given my choice, I'll take the -36. I can put more layers on, but there comes a point where I can't take any more layers off (at least not in good taste).

musher

18 posts since
Nov 12, 2007

11. Nov 18, 2006 10:42 AM

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102 w/ Heat Index 110

-5 Wind Chill temp

Eastern Kansas

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paskesm

60 posts since
May 20, 2006

12. Nov 18, 2006 12:06 PM

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Minnesota may be tops for variety. I once ran on a day my senior year of high school when the governor shut down every school in the state due to cold. I believe the air temp was around -20 with a windchill of at least -60. On the hot end I've ventured out at about 100. Neither of these run exceeded four miles.

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mountmars

446 posts since
Feb 10, 2004

13. Nov 18, 2006 12:27 PM

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Hottest: 108 F in Las Vegas... don't know the heat index, but it must have been another 10 degrees hotter since it was a lunch time run, and I couldn't find a single piece of shade. The sidewalk and the lamp posts were radiating heat... I had to stop my 4.5-miler with half-a-mile to go.

A close second in terms of heat was a later morning 9-miler Cancun... around 90 F, and humid. It was so heavy out there I felt like I was running under water.

Coldest: -31 F... a 10-miler in Montreal in blowing snow... don't know what the wind chill factor was. My hat, my face scarf, and my gloves were iced-over rigid.

I agree with EQ43... much easier to prepare for cold weather running.

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mcsolar99

1,018 posts since
Aug 14, 2007

14. Nov 18, 2006 5:15 PM

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did 13 in death valley at 126F once. but with the low humidity, it didn't feel too much hotter than about 115F....

haven't run much in cold recently (i wear gloves at 45F, how wimpy), but ran lots in my teens in single digits on squeeky snow.

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