Well in 10 years of leading our merry group I don't think that I've ever canceled a workout this early in the day and even though we had 13 souls who came out on Saturday I have my doubts about who might show up tonight and with the roads and I'm sure the track a mess I think it's best that I cancel tonight's workout. Not to mention I would hate to drive up there and stand in the snow by myself for an hour or so.
As far as workouts go ( I won't be posting them today) we really won't be able to do much as far as the track goes so everything will have to be on the road so probably the best thing to do would be do a longer tempo run and if you can find a flat dry place do some strides. With this kind of weather the best you can hope for is maintaining fitness unless of course you have access to a treadmill where you could do a tempo run or even a hill workout. So for those who have that in their plan and have access to one that is what I would do.
I do think that there is a benefit to running in this kind of weather believe it or not, you work your legs a little harder but I think the most beneficial outcome is that you have to think about being balanced. If you over stride you tend to slip more so you are forced to run a little more economically, meaning you take shorter strides keeping your hips and legs under you. Pretty much what they teach you in Chi Running, but hey you don't have to take a class or read abook to learn it, just run on snow and ice. Running economically obviously is an advantage for your racing and training as well as for your 1/2 marathons and marathons so all is not lost, enjoy the benefits.
I still plan to meet on Saturday so hopefully most of this stuff is gone and we can get back to training. In the mean time have a great Christmas.
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