Running Around Chelmsford
Coping with Limited Daylight and Cold Weather
More tips to attack the extremes of winter training.
Mother nature, during the dead of winter, can be brutal on those of us living above and below certain latitudes. The landscape is generally covered in several feet of snow, the temperature ranges from shiver inducing to face chapping, and there is an overall lack of sunlight to warm foul moods and frozen hands. During the winter solstice (the shortest day and longest night of the year) in New England, there are little more than nine hours of sunlight, and almost 15 hours of darkness. It is very conceivable that people who work 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. could very easily be driving to and from work in the dark. What does this mean for runners? It means that there may be some days that you are running in the dark. The cold and dark can be a very …
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Brad Marmo
8:16 am on Friday, January 28, 2011
Great article. Thanks for the tips! more ›