snow....go away!!!!!!

ianbar

im so ready to hit the road every day but this ruddy snow! its even a bit too dodgy around here to do any running so i have decided to hit the weights and actually quite enjoying it till the weather improves!

jonathan914

It's not good is it mountain bike tomorrow I think.

hodge68

Have put of outside training all week, using the turbo trainer or tread mill, but today i needed some nature, so went running around local nature reserve. It was so slippy, ice,mud and compacted snow. XC ice skating may never catch on, but it did me the world of good. I had a great time, as did the dog.

Monty Dog

Sounds like you need an excuse to buy more 'toys' e.g. MTB or CX bike with studded snow and ice tyres! I also have a pair of Icebug running shoes which have tungsten carbide studs - you can run safely on sheet ice if necessary.

BruceG

Monty Dog wrote:

Sounds like you need an excuse to buy more 'toys' e.g. MTB or CX bike with studded snow and ice tyres! I also have a pair of Icebug running shoes which have tungsten carbide studs - you can run safely on sheet ice if necessary.

Like the sound of those shoes, where did you come by them?

ianbar

yeah those shoes sound good.i had aimed to run if too icey etc but too much snow over the grass land i would run on. more snow today which is even more annoying. will aim to get some cardio in over weekend. i have a turbo but was torchering myself as really dislike it, i would rather do something i enjoy a bit more so doing some fat burning weights circuits is working but only want to focus on it for this week. hope it will mean i will do a couple of sessions a week once i get on the road again.

burtie

Yes snow please leave now. I have put up with 3 days on the rollers and now I want some hills.

ianbar

weather looking bit more on the up now so may venture onto some major roads tomorrow as need to lose as much weight as possible in 6 weeks to be measured up for my wedding suit!

Monty Dog

If you search online for Icebug shoes, you'll find some on offer with Amazon.

The Man Chump

Take it easy... have a break, the weather will be great soon and we can rack up the miles then!

ianbar

thats my thoughts now, I'm going to do some weights over weekend hopefully the melt will kick in and by tuesday can at least go out for some running. need to get lots of miles in as need to shed weight and quickly to be measured up for my wedding suit lol

the_jackalcp

One of the most enjoyable rides ever. There is something very special about riding in snow covered countryside. Get out and ride, assuming the roads are safe



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Monty Dog

The small roads around here were treacherous this morning - packed snow and polished ice and it was minus 7 degrees at 9am. Didn't stop me getting in 5 hours offroad - CX bike with 40mm metal-studded tyres on snow over hard-packed sand and mud meant the going was often really good. The occasional stretches of icy tarmac were dicey at times, even with studded tyres - plenty of foot-out action on off-camber corners.

mamba80

Beautiful dry and sunny 4.45 hr ride round W. Devon -2 through to +3 ..... so factor 25 had limited use.

thegreatdivide

8C in Tayside today. Hardly any wind and on the home run some of the roads had dried out completely. Tomorrow is more of the same for a 63 mile reliability run. By Wed it's to be 10C and cloudless! :-)