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Would you rather deal with really hot and humid summers (Texas or Louisiana), or really cold winters (Minnesota or the Dakotas)?
I've gone back and forth on this issue, but since I've moved to Texas, I've determined that I'd much rather deal with cold winters. Even walking to your car from the grocery store in this 95 degree humid heat leaves you feeling drained.
When I lived in Iowa, I used to work on my car in negative degree weather. As long as you bundled up, you were okay. No way I'd be able to work on my car in this Texas heat.
Lived in both, and I prefer hot and humid. Long cold winters prevent me from doing the things I enjoy most. Triple digit weather for months on end gets old after a while, but I can still get out and do stuff. I absolutely despise being stuck in the house for months on end waiting for the ice and snow to melt.
Lived in both, and I prefer hot and humid. Long cold winters prevent me from doing the things I enjoy most. Triple digit weather for months on end gets old after a while, but I can still get out and do stuff. I absolutely despise being stuck in the house for months on end waiting for the ice and snow to melt.
Hint:you don't have to stay inside when it's cold and snowy.
For me, I don't want to be a sweaty mess. I'd hate to run or play golf or hell, even take a nice stroll through a quaint downtown if it meant if be sticky, sweaty and miserable.
Winter, I go out running. I take the kids sledding. We play with the dog in snow drifts. We ice skate. Many ice fish. Cross country skiing. Biking with snow tires.
Sure you can't sit on the porch and drink a beer. So you sit under a blanket by the fire.
Hint:you don't have to stay inside when it's cold and snowy.
For me, I don't want to be a sweaty mess. I'd hate to run or play golf or hell, even take a nice stroll through a quaint downtown if it meant if be sticky, sweaty and miserable.
Winter, I go out running. I take the kids sledding. We play with the dog in snow drifts. We ice skate. Many ice fish. Cross country skiing. Biking with snow tires.
Sure you can't sit on the porch and drink a beer. So you sit under a blanket by the fire.
One of my main hobbies is smoking meats. You really need nice weather to do it as you're out there all day. Even if it's raining it's hard to control the temperature. Excessive winds actually make the fuel burn faster and hotter as it's just pumping oxygen in there. Cold weather requires more wood and the food gets cold if you just lift the top off checking. For me it's far preferable to have warm or hot weather for this, cold beer in hand.
The other thing I like doing is sitting on the swing drinking a beer, I have a hammock under a tree and I fall asleep under it sometimes. Nothing beats taking a nice swim on a hot day.
Hint:you don't have to stay inside when it's cold and snowy.
For me, I don't want to be a sweaty mess. I'd hate to run or play golf or hell, even take a nice stroll through a quaint downtown if it meant if be sticky, sweaty and miserable.
Winter, I go out running. I take the kids sledding. We play with the dog in snow drifts. We ice skate. Many ice fish. Cross country skiing. Biking with snow tires.
Sure you can't sit on the porch and drink a beer. So you sit under a blanket by the fire.
How do you run in the winter. Oh my I shudder at the thought ha. 6 days running 90 + weather 75% humidity AMAZING. However, soon as snow and 32 weather comes in I hibernate 2 to 3 days of running.
How do you run in the winter. Oh my I shudder at the thought ha. 6 days running 90 + weather 75% humidity AMAZING. However, soon as snow and 32 weather comes in I hibernate 2 to 3 days of running.
They plow the bike/running paths here in MN. Hat, light gloves, thin thermal jacket, insulated pants, reg running shoes.
They plow the bike/running paths here in MN. Hat, light gloves, thin thermal jacket, insulated pants, reg running shoes.
Too much ha. Shorts a shirt shoes hat bottle of water. Winter running have to either do a long or short sleeve shirt, a jacket or vest, gloves, hat, ski mask, vasoline, shoes, cleats, underwear, pants, maybe leggings, socks, and a thermal water bottle. You overheat so peel a layer then freeze due to sweating it's a pain. Then roads depending if a big storm 2 lanes become 1 lane roads. Then unlike the rain really can't run in a snow or ice storm. I run slower on the treadmill and easily bored.
You're still forgetting how painful cold air is to breathe when you run. I can't run in anything under 65° or it starts to hurt to breathe
You do know that's a pretty low tolerance for cold right? Like extremely low.
For me it doesn't begin to impact breathing till it hits around 35. I can/will run down to about 15-20.
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