This is Tony setting out one morning for a run. Our house in the background. From Isabelle's recommendations, we contacted a lady who runs exercise classes outdoors all year round. Both Tony & I have been along to a trial class and actually enjoyed it! Here are some observations ....
- Drink bottles freeze when you carry them with you outside for over an hour in -15 degree temps.
- You don't exercise in running shoes ... you need to wear hiking boots because of all the snow. Running in hiking boots makes your times much slower.
- You need to wear two pairs of gloves to exercise (really I need two pairs of gloves to do anything).
- You wear about 4 layers on top.
- You do actually get hot but the secret is to not strip off the top layer as it is the shell that holds your warmth. You need to strip off an inner layer.
- Eye lashes freeze, as does any sweat that drips off your face. For those not on Facebook, I'm including a photo of what I looked like when I returned from my run this morning. It was -24 degrees. I didn't know that when I set out. To my mother ... don't panic, I was fine and I was hot when I returned. It was kind of funny!
- Running on week old snow is slippery, icy and therefore very slow.
- Lots of people still run in Montreal despite the challenges.
Despite hoping to exercise together, it won't happen during the winter for Tony & I. I'm going to a ladies class on Tues & Thurs mornings & Tony is going to a class on Tues evenings. Working around school drop offs was hard as one of us needs to walk the children to school at this stage.
We are hoping to do some cross country skiing together during the days. We've been once & enjoyed that. Hopefully we'll do that once a week. As the weather improves, we'll do some runs together during the day while children are at school.
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