Because it’s cold: Garmin FR910XT Giveaway

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Tonight (well, last night by time you read this), I was running.  It seems like I’m always running.  It was cold.  Now to think of it, it seems like I’m always running in the cold too.

Though not as cold as many of you have had over the past few days.  I’m going to Stockholm on Sunday night for a few days, and I see it’s cold there too.  I told my boss I wanted to go somewhere warm next.  Instead, he signed me up for something in Ukraine. It says it’s –11*C there right now (12*F).  Not warm.

The point being, I was cold on tonight’s run. And that’s all that matters.  And because it was cold (for me, and thus probably you), I’m going to give you a reconciliation prize: A Garmin Forerunner 910XT

Well, not all of you.  That would be a lot of FR910XT’s to give away.  More than I have.

In case your wondering about my reconciliation prize, I ate cookies. Chocolate chip in case you were wondering.

This time to enter the giveaway:

Just drop me a quick line or two about your coldest run.  Or, if you’re not a runner, then cycling.  Or failing that, swimming.  And failing that…well…work with me here, ok?  It can even be a blurry cold memory – just like the self-portrait I took tonight…

Some of you said in the survey there wasn’t enough self-portraits these days on the blog.  See, gotta be careful on what you ask for.

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Entries will be accepted through Sunday night, 11:59PM Eastern time (January 27th, 2013).  I’ll be giving away one FR910XT with heart rate strap.   Winner will be chosen at random and announced on roughly Tuesday (unless I freeze to death in Sweden first).

This giveaway is sponsored by Clever Training, which I semi-recently announced a partnership with.  As you probably remember, by picking up sports technology gadgets from Clever Training you support the site.  And on top of that, all DC Rainmaker readers get an exclusive 10% off all products they sell (basically every sports tech company/gadget/device) using coupon code DCR10BTF (along with the link above).  And most of all, you support the site in a big way – so I appreciate it!

Note, if you’re US Active Duty Military – you can submit your entry via e-mail instead (CLOSED NOW).  Note that this is ONLY for Active Duty military.  No fashion models or horse whisperers allowed via this method.  Mmmkay?  Thanks all!

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2,511 Comments

  1. Koen

    the coldest run? just last week. -8 and running a 30K training for the midwintermarathon. The water in my camelbak froze!

  2. I don’t mind heading outdoors for a cold run or bike, but getting caught near Mount Weather as it began to sleet made for a very cold, wet, harrowing ride home. That was probably one day that I didn’t need a Garmin to remind me of how far I had to ride to get home.

  3. Dan Y

    26 Dec 2010 in Ramstein Germany. It was our first training run for the 2011 Paris Marathon, and the base was the only local w/ roads cleared of ice or snow. We did 10 miles that morning in a smoldering 14 degree heat wave…first time any of us ever had icicles on our faces after a run.

  4. Mark Collins

    Most remembered cold run was christmas day, new trainers, hat and gloves and also very cold crispy morning. Perfect :)

  5. I use to run a 2 mile loop in the morning before class my senior year of high school. I always told my mom that no matter what she should not stop to pick me up. I always ran in a tshirt and shorts no matter how cold it was. One morning it was exceptionally cold and it was raining hard. Roughly 3/4 of a mile into it I was numb. Then it started hailing the size of quarters. It felt colder, it hurt and I was getting sort of scared at the size of the hail. Then I saw my savior, my mom, driving down the road on the way to work. I remember the excitement as I frantically started to wave and jump around. Mom drove right be, I could see her big smile as she waved goodbye. I was crushed. I still tease her about that run.

  6. Tim D

    January 2012 – training for the Boston Marathon. Did a long run starting @ 4:30am – temp was -5F with a wind chill of -25F. Cold, Dark, and lonely. Good mental toughness builder though.

  7. matotato

    Last year mid february. More than a week with day temperatures under -10C and night under -20. Did two hour run one sunday. I didn’t like it. Fortunately it didn’t last very long. The Winter I think.

  8. Brian

    My coldest run was last winter in our annual “red flannel run”. Four degrees with a -11 windchill for five glorious miles.

  9. Sean in NY

    You know it’s cold when your wiener freezes and loses feeling. Panic ensues!!!…. Yikes. That’d be my coldest run(s).

  10. Ewan McDonald

    Yukon Territory. -35C.

    Went mountain biking
    On mountain top, Warm Sunshine
    Great winter training

  11. Chris Yeung

    Coldest run was probably this week. It was -16C and my wife had beat me to the treadmill. I needed to run more than cycle so I laced up my trainers and headed outside for about 3k and… retreated to the warmth of my trainer. I needed warmth on my trainer more than the run.
    (Is it me or do your trainers not absorb shock as well in the cold?)

  12. Carolyn

    Park City, Utah in 2002-While in town for the Olympics I attempted to do a 5K run. My hair although completely dry, froze just walking aout the door. It was painful to breath, but got the run in mainly to hurry up and finish. :-)

  13. Pat Shea

    about 4 years ago, it was 9F with windchill of 0. Took two miles to be able to feel my face. After that I’ve set a minimum of double digit temperatures.

  14. Coldest run – well, how about 10K in -22*C yesterday? Quite manageable since I am a Swedish viking! :)

  15. Matt

    I like to ride on Saturday mornings with a group of guys from our local bike shop. We ride to a restaurant, eat some breakfast, and shoot the breeze. If the roads are dry, we’re riding. The coldest part of the ride isn’t at 7:30 am when we leave the shop, it’s when we leave the restaurant. We’re still a little sweaty from the first part of the ride and that just freezes us to the bone!

  16. Christine

    My coldest run was about -5. It was glorious if relatively ineffective.

    It took me all day to warm up afterwards.

  17. My coldest bike ride was about 10 years ago when a friend and I went mountain biking in the snow. We came to a part of the trail that had a wooden banked turn. My friend was smart and simply rode by it on the ground but I decided to try it. It was at that point when I discovered just how slick ice on wood could be! As soon as I hit the banked ramp, my tire instantly slid down to the ground and dumped me off the bike. Thankfully, I wasn’t going fast so the only thing hurt was my pride!

  18. Max

    My coldest run was by -14 to -16 ‘C.

  19. Tim Vincek

    coldest run – about 2 years ago doing a 10 miler at dusk. water bottles – froze… Hat- froze…body temp started to drop by mile 8 and my pace was so far off my wife started a search..I was 1/2 mile away from home when she found me…not sure how cold it was, but it took me several hours to get warm.

  20. Luis

    ride in the 20F for 4 hours…

  21. Justin Brown

    Coldest swim was either Zuma beach or Main beach. I’m thankful for wetsuits!

  22. Scott

    The coldest run for me was last winter and I was running for a daily run and it started to snow and the outside temp was 3 F with a windchill below 0 (not exactly sure)….Made the run enjoyable because had to be in motion to stay warm and gave me purpose to ensure I got back as fast as possible.

  23. Geoffrey

    I will never forget my coldest run, which actually was a run&bike.
    It was an event organised end of December in Brussels a few years, and it was… -21 degrees celsius!

    I was wearing 4 clothers layers and still I could feel my feet after the 16kms…
    I will never forget that!

    By the way Ray, I will come and visit your cupcakery tomorrow 

    Cheers,
    Geoffrey

  24. Sheila Hopkins

    I am new to running so my coldest run had to be before work in 25 degree weather

  25. Bekah

    Running in January in Minneapolis. Wiped out on the ice and almost got run over by my neighbor in his car= Embarrassing!

  26. Chris

    Coldest runs would be from high school, running at 0 degrees in Nebraska, I moved to the South to avoid cold runs.

  27. Monica

    My coldest run was this past Wednesday in Ohio. Temps were in the low 20’s, windchill factor brought it down into the teens, and that was at about 2 p.m. Brrrrr :)

  28. Cary Savage

    I love cold runs and bike rides. My coldest were probably some of my bike commutes when I lived in Boston. I had studded snow tires and lots of warm gear. Loved the looks I got when I arrived to work by bike when the temps were near zero and there was snow and ice on the roads!

  29. Jen

    Training run in Jan 2009 for a 100 mile trail run. The temp was in the single digits at the 7am start, and my Camelbak froze within minutes. When I finished the 22 miles, I had icicles on my hat and face and was a tad dehydrated. At least the sun was out.

  30. Josh

    Last week I learned that buggers freeze during long runs in the cold.

  31. Vincent

    I live in South Florida, so my coldest run was this Winter, it was about 63F. for my it was freezing!!!!!!

  32. Travis Tucker

    It was about 10 years ago. I went running in the snow and after my run I made a couple snow angles.

  33. Daniel Pihan

    Coldest Run : well, below zero degrees … doing anaerobic workout –> and I finished in the hospital with a freeze throat. :-((

  34. John Pitney

    My coldest run happened 5 years ago around this time. I was growing my hair out at the time and I remember the hair behind my neck froze like ice pops. The run itself is a blur, but the lasting memory was brutal stabbing winds and towering snow drifts.

  35. Christine R.

    coldest run, eh…. Well, living where I do, South Florida, I don’t exactly see many cold days of the year. My coldest run was in about mid 50s, and beach side, so there was a real nice wind coming off the Atlantic. Needless to say, I pushed extra hard to get warmed up because this southern gal is not accustom to that kind of weather! By the end of the run it had warmed up nicely to the 70s and I was kind of wishing those 50s back!

    **GL everyone!**

  36. Rachel

    I ran the other morning here in DC when it was about 12 degrees out. I actually don’t mind the cold as much as the wind. brrr

  37. During my marathon run in Indianapolis, at mile 16, i had cramp (once it starts, I can’t run). It was raining and it turned into ice. I walked the whole 10 miles in rain + ice.

  38. Coldest run has to be the Philadelphia Marathon a few years ago … Was in the teens/twenties when the race started and I was bundled up to the nines (with hand feet and body warmers on) in the starting area just trying to stay warm. I don’t think it even made it above freezing that day. None the less, it was still one of my best races thus far!

  39. Bryan F

    I think the 25K ski race I did when it was -20F would probably count. The frost had built up so heavy on my eyelashes that I couldn’t really open or close them anymore. Cold yes, but great fun! Thanks for doing these!

  40. Paul Bunyar

    My coldest run was about three years ago. I was so aching for a run and the temperature was about 13F. I didn’t really have the right gear. I was even running in a winter coat. There had been snow and melting, and so there was ice in the roadways and on the sidewalks. I kept going back and forth from walkway to roadway trying to find some open space to get traction. I slipped a couple of times, but did not fall. About three quarters of a mile in I felt like I was doing more jumping around than running and turned back. It wasn’t the run I wanted but at least I got in a mile and half.

  41. John

    May 2011, 13th Buena Vista Bike Fest, Buena Vista to Leadville, Colorado. We experianced a cold 35 MPH head wind for the first 20 miles along with sleet and snow.

  42. Jose Dalisay

    About 2 weeks ago, me and couple of my friends went riding going up Azusa Canyon at 6:30am at 34F. That’s the coldest ever ride for us. The coldest 3 days ever in Los Angeles, with high temp averaging below 60F.

  43. Chris

    running barefoot in the 30’s doesnt sound cold, but try it

  44. Jes

    Last week, ran a 12 miler in 10F with 20-25 mph winds. Hands were freezing as I don’t have proper gloves and I was holding a water bottle which was freezing too! Wanted to quit multiple times but kept going and was glad I did! Felt like I got a strength workout at the same time from battling the wind.

  45. Fede Laos

    Buenos Aires is not that cold, but since I used to run early in the morning, about 06:00, I’ve run <0°C a couple of times, no money to buy any sort of winter running gear, so it was shorts, T-Shirt and the only jacket that doesn't bother me while running.
    There's a high chance I'll be going to Chicago for 3 months on March (business related), was really looking forward to the trip, new places to bike and run, and in summer! Then I looked up the temperatures… at least it's not winter…

  46. Brett

    Coldest cycle was last year during the heavy rain the UK in April last year. Deluge of rain with burst banks, gravel on the road. It became a mental effort to finish the 60 mile sportive I was on. By the mid point I could not feel my water logged feet even with overshoes on! On top of that the temp dropped to only3-4 Celsius that day that with the wind chill and rain made it even worse. Took me over 45 minutes stading in the shower to warm up!

    As for sort of running… it was fun rolling around in the snow doing shuttle sprints in between lifting kettle bells/pressups last week at -3. Boot Camps, got to love them…. literally

  47. Deanne

    My coldest run was about 11 degrees and REALLY windy. There was fresh snow on the ground, about 2 inches .so I had to wear my Yak Trax–first time. It was a 5k and I had already signed up for it, so I had to run. I wasn’t far off from my PR, so it didn’t turn out too bad. I did overdress though and had to unzip. Fun times. Hubby and kids sat in the warm car to watch me finish :)

  48. ChrisB

    Something like -10 and I gave my gloves to my other half as she forgot hers. Ow.

  49. KE

    Coldest swim at 20C still manage 25min for 1500m

  50. ned

    Training for a marathon. Had to head out for my long run with a high of 7. Ouch

  51. Monica

    It’s been a while since I ran in really cold weather as I now live in Seattle…I remember some nose hair freezing runs when in Wisconsin tho!

  52. Victor

    I run with a group that regardless of the weather we are outside, nothing worse than wanting to pee but not wanting to deal with the layers you have on. Although I can’t stand the cold at first, once I start running I get nice and toasty.

  53. Keith

    I grew up in North Dakota. Coldest run was -15. My Hind running pants rode up above my socks and I had frost bite on both of my lower shins after the seven mile run. Literally, the skin was frozen hard.

  54. Kasey

    The coldest run for me was between two buildings in North Alberta at -50C.

    The coldest training run was in college and my sweat had froze on the surface of my tech shirt. When I got back to the locker room I had frost covering my back and arms

  55. Ali Fowler

    Last October, doing my first ever century on the bike. Started off at -8C at 6am. Managed 2 miles before heading home for another pair of gloves. At least that took the total milage up to 104!

  56. Becca W

    Since I’m new to the whole training/running/triathloning thing, I’d say my coldest run was Wednesday night. The kind of cold run where your eyeballs freeze in their sockets while the wind blows up the National Mall. But 45 slow minutes later I was used to it and comfortable in it. I REFUSE to succumb to the dreadmill, that’s why layering was invented!

  57. Jacob Bugno

    Playing in a football game in Rome, NY in an ice storm. Running/sliding around the field for 60min was not fun.

  58. RJB

    Earlier this week was trail running in Mt. Washington Valley, NH. Outbound it was cloudy 20 degrees with 5 mph wind and took me 35 minutes. At turnaround 50mph headwind, 0 degrees (without wind chill), sleet and took over an hour. A light coating of ice covered my Goretex clad body. Cold for an hour afterwards.

  59. Brian B

    I always love to run the day of a snow storm. Yes, its cold, but its always fun!

  60. While training for the Goofy Challenge at Walt Disney World this year, I did a 6 mile run on a Saturday morning when it 5 degrees Fahrenheit out (with a slight breeze, I don’t know what the windchill was, but I suspect somewhere around 0 *F). I was bundled up pretty good and it wasn’t too bad, except my sweat kept freezing in my eyelashes, and by the end I looked like a glamed-up drag queen with little tiny crystals on my lashes.

  61. Last year I started doing winter 14er (14,000 foot + peaks in Colorado) hiking. At the base, you are usually at about 20-30 degrees, but temperature drops VERY FAST the higher up you climb and the harder the wind blows. By the time we got to the top, my hands (in their down gloves) were too cold to grab my camera out of my bag to take a picture.

  62. Henry Wang

    My coldest run was the NYRR Manhattan Half Marathon. It was so cold the person running ahead of me had icicles frozen to his hair!

  63. Kyle

    My coldest run of the year was about 10 degrees F with a constant 20mph wind gusting up to 30. Made it really tough running up a couple hills directly into that wind. I’m not sure I’ve had my ears ever hurt that much after a run.

  64. Been pretty cold here for a while and I just love running in the snow, but the coldest run that springs to mind was last April, and this is what I had to say about it at the time:

    It’s horrendous out there and much more like winter. The air temperature has been around 4-5ºC all morning and according to the weather station in our garden the wind has been at around 40-50 knots all day so far. Needless to say it is pretty wild out there, but I had an open water swim and run planned so there was no wimping out.

    The winds were blowing offshore though so the sea was fairly calm and I met everyone from INTRtri in Aberystwyth. Pete sprung a little surprise on me by asking me to take charge of the faster group and be responsible for them whilst we were out there. About 15 people had turned which surprised me given the conditions. Pete’s group only stayed in for about 15 minutes. Most of my group stayed in for a little longer than that, Rowen braved it out for just under half an hour and so I did one more swim across the bay and back once she got out so that I stayed in for just over half an hour. It wasn’t particularly good from a training perspective but it’s always good to have a swim in the sea.

    The run afterwards was horrendous though. Running into the wind was almost impossible. The first 5 hill reps were pretty difficult as I was still trying to warm back up ater the swim. My teeth were still chattering on the first one, despite wearing a bigger coat than I’ve ever worn whilst running and doing a 15 minute warm up. I got into it by the 5th rep though and completed all 10 so I’m happy with that.

    Once at home it was time for some made courgette soup for lunch and now its time to laze in front of the fire all afternoon – I was going to go windsurfing, but I think I’ll give it a miss as I need to warm up first.

    I’m not sure how much of a training benefit today has had as the weather wasn’t really conducive to quality training but I’m glad I’ve done it, feel beter for it and I’m sure it has been character building if nothing else.

    Al.

  65. Kim

    coldest run! heavy rainstorm but have to run back home. 15c up and downhill

    • Tom

      Coldest run was an unprepared run after the St. George Marathon in 2003. I started training for a new job right after that found me in Indianapolis, IN. On a Saturday morning, in early November, I bundled up and went out, but this Tucson boy froze to death. I put in 1 mile, frozen, sprinted the next mile to try and warm up, frozen, sprinted back to the apartment and jumped in bed with all my clothes on. It took me almost a 1/2 hour to warm up.

  66. Michal S.

    My coldest swim was a very short one in a frozen pool after sauna. We had to break the ice to get in.

  67. Leah

    I think the coldest run I’ve ever done was a 5K race a few years back on New Year’s Day. It was 2 degrees, not counting the wind chill. I bundled up like none other, and though it wasn’t a PR by any means, I actually won the race (well, tied for 1st with my sister)!

  68. Joerg

    my coldest run was around -9°C, but i lived for four years in a bus, without heater or eletricity, and there was the coldest night -17,5°C

  69. Daniela S.

    Last winter I trained on the Rail Trail at Dundas Valley Conservation Park in Ontario and I had a wonderful time. Dressed in my ‘Ninja runner’ outfit, the only thing you could see were my eyes. The best days were the ones where I would get back to the car with frozen eye lashes… Good times. :)

  70. Joe

    I did a trail race last year that tested my cold cold conditioning for sure! A balmy 28 degrees F at the start. The whole trail was puddles with a thin crust of ice/snow. Needless to say my feet were frozen for much of the race!

  71. Adam Pflug

    I have been working with my 16 year old daughter who is interested in running the Broad Street Run in Philadelphia on May 2nd. It is a ten mile race. The thing is, she is not an athlete. She does not run fast. But she tries. So, at 18 degrees out, she donned her polartec fleece pants and top, and asked me if I was ready to run. We trudged outside, hats and gloves on, and pushed through. She started at a 17 minute pace three weeks ago and is now down to 15+. I am very proud of her. Its not easy, but she is dedicated. I really hope that we cross that finish line together in May.

  72. Mark

    This will help me train for my first tri in June. :)

  73. Zane

    Coldest non-wetsuit for me was 10/14/11, water temp was 54 degrees at the local pond and we did what we refer to as the October Triangle, about 500 yards. The coldest I have ever been after swimming was 5/16/12 in the local pond for 1.2 miles at 64 degrees. I knew I was in trouble when I couldn’t really feel my arms anymore. Shook uncontrollably for 30 minutes afterward.

    Coldest run wasn’t nearly as bad, 0 degrees and with some frost on my hat.

  74. Jan Kelley

    My coldest run was during marathon training when I ran more miles than degrees in the temperature – 18 miles on a 14 degree day with snow and ice on the ground. And this was after I had put it off the previous day because I thought the weather would get better.

  75. I’ve lost count of my cold runs. I live in Calgary Alberta Canada where it is common for the temperature to be below 0F / -17C through the winter. Gearing up with some XC Ski pants, gloves, and a face mask makes the really cold days tolerable. Last Saturday I ran 2hrs in -18F / -28C conditions. It takes a good 30mins to feel comfortably warmed up.

  76. Zachary Elliott

    Riding to Tom’s Pie In The Sky in beautiful Mammoth Lakes, California with my buddy Taylor. We got so warm on the uphills that we had to disrobe to varying degrees and had to put everything back on when descending. We started at 7,000 feet elevation and ended just under 11,000 feet. Then came the thunder and lightening. I’ll never forget it. And that’s the story of the best pie I ever ate. Oh wait, and that’s the story of the intersection of coldest and most memorable ride I ever had.

  77. Graham Dunn

    My long run (5:30am), earlier this week was -20C, not including wind chill. Polar fleece gets crunchy after a little sweating…

  78. I once ran in Austria during our skiing holiday at -27°C. That was freezing cold…

  79. Guy Caldwell

    I am currently visiting Lake Tahoe for the first time on vacation and packed the running shoes. After 2 days of guilt, I finally tied up the laces for perhaps the coldest run I have ever taken. High teens or low twenties, running on the edge of the roads that had been cleared, with snow walls on either side of me anywhere from 2 feet to 4 feet. Very hilly. Very cold. Amazing views of the lake. I am still trying to get warm…

  80. Ian Ralph

    Hi there. My buddy got me into your site – he absolutely adores it! He also knows I need a Garmin 910 (like his) to go with the Powertap wheel I just (finally) bought. So here’s my coldest experience.

    I lived for 11 years in Paris (where I understand you now are). While there, my friends and I created ExpaTRIes, an English-speaking tri group for expats and others. If you haven’t heard of it or met them, I recommend looking them up. Great bunch of guys.

    So, in February and March of 2010, I started training for my first (and so far only) Ironman. Riding out across the Plateau de Saclay and up and down the Chevreuse valley, with the wind blowing over the snowy farm fields, I would get painfully numb hands and feet (and, yes, I appreciate that’s a contradiction in terms).

    The worst was probably starting at 6am, riding 50k out into the valley to run a half marathon (in 1:45), then riding back. Painful, painful stuff.

    If you do contact ExpaTRIes, tell Nick I said hi, and remind him about that bike-run-bike. I can also share some great training rides, if you’re interested.

    Cheers,
    Ian

  81. Sorry everyone is cold, I have to admit its going to be in the mid 60’s today here in Northern California.

    But wait it was 30 for a few days last week?

  82. chris

    Yes.. running when below freezing and wind = not fun.

    started to run and my nose snot froze.. turned around and ran into the basement on the treadmill.. #wimpthatday

  83. Troy Lubbers

    My coldest run was somewhere around -30 F when I did a 6 mile run a few miles outside of the Boundary Water Wilderness area, while cabin camping for a weekend. My handlebar moustache had actual icicles dangling from the ends and slapping my cheeks by the end of the run.

    That run besides being the coldest I’ve experienced is also the only run where I’ve had to stop mid-run as a result of ‘intestinal distress.’ Thankfully it was just me, the wilderness and a brisk refreshing snowball.

  84. Peter

    We’re in the middle of a cold snap here in New England, and when I ran the other day it was 5 degrees, not counting the wind chill! I didn’t come home at the expected time (the route I planned took longer than I thought), and my wife thought I must be laying on the trail somewhere literally freezing to death!

  85. Farah Masri

    January 11,2013, it was a friday during an unsually stormy week in lebanon.It was at 6:30pm during the AUB team training run.It was not raining nor windy as expected, but it was freezing cold my heart could stop…none of my teammates showed up except 1 and the coach decided to give me a 5000m test.And it was my fastest 12.5 laps I ever ran! I clocked 22min4s while my PB from last April was 23min51s on the road. I was the happiest girl on earth when I finished.

  86. Kevin

    February+ Fort Drum, NY + mandatory division run + negative 10 degree temp = snotsnickles and frozen eyeballs. Worst run ever.

  87. Dave Walker

    Christmas Day, 2008. Went out for a run without pants/tights (yes, I still had shorts on!) when it was below freezing and a foot of snow on the ground. Quite exhilarating, but not the most fun!

  88. Kelly Kachnowski

    Well I live in Detroit, which saw a seasonably warm winter last year, but so far not this year – it was -1 degrees the other day (before the wind chill factor!). Coldest run was when my husband and I first started running – in 2009. We didn’t know anything about how to dress appropriately for the cold and really didn’t have any decent running clothing so we just bundled up in sweatshirts and coats (and jeans even!) for our couch to 5k program. Luckily we’ve learned a lot since then and a chilly 10 degree run isn’t as daunting anymore. I do not have a gps watch at all, and as I am now attempting triathlons, this giveaway would really come in handy! Thanks for doing it – love your blog!

  89. My coldest run was a few weeks ago. It was about – 3 C in Troodos, Cyprus. Here’s a 46 second clip of the run.
    link to youtube.com

  90. Josep

    cold cold cold. only tried running at 15c

  91. Tom J

    I really want to lie and say I have some amazingly cold run to brag about, but alas I merely have a 42*F run to my credit. The run was actually just this past Thursday. Since I’m new to the sport (just my 2nd full season) I’m still building my street cred ;-)

  92. André Hornæs

    I was running in hemne, Norway at -10 degrees, durings this christmas, so i took a slow 10km ride. Its usually cold to run in norway this time of year.

  93. Michael Weitzner

    Hi,

    My coldest run doesn’t compare to some of these, but it was 20 degrees here in DC and I am from Miami so anything below 60 degrees counts as cold. I finally warmed up when I finished the run.

  94. Ted

    Swim at 5c!

  95. My coldest run was probably 20F during Ragnar del Sol. It was Arizona, so it hit 90 that day as well.

  96. Jonas

    Coldest run was probably when I ran the Manhattan Half in Central Park a couple of years ago with temperatures around 12 F.

  97. chris ehlers

    I live in Atlanta where it doesn’t get too cold, but every now and then we have a freeze. I did a 20 miler a few years back that was so cold my drinks in my fuel belt froze and I couldn’t get anything out. When I finally got home, ready for my warm shower I ripped off my stocking cap and said, “ouch.” I looked at my cap and had a sweat cycle that had frozen to the side of my face.

    I took a picture, but can’t seem to imbed it.

  98. kiwi

    Last year i ran a 10K in – 17C, this weekend i’m going to break this numbers :)

  99. JIm

    I was training for a half marathon in January in St Paul Minnesota. The coldest training run was -20 F.

  100. This january -14°c and snow, cold but funnier than a treadmill.