A November Garmin (Fancy) Fenix3 Giveaway

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It’s somehow already halfway through November, and we’ve lacked a giveaway this month.  Heck, did we even have a giveaway last month? That seems like eons ago.  My bad.

No worries though, I’m here to save the day.  Or at least, save Tuesday.  I’ll be giving you a Fenix3.  But not any Fenix3, one of their newfangled fancy looking Fenix3 watches.  Had I thought this post through a little bit more, I could have put it on Friday, and named it the ‘Fancy Fenix3 Friday Freebie’, but alas – I didn’t think of that until now as I write on the plane.  My mental schedule is set for the week, and here it is.

In any case, they released these ones back a few months ago.  One is more of a leather strap, and the other more womanly with swanky rose gold trimmings.  Though honestly, it’s still kinda a big watch for a woman – so if you’re more petite – I’ll let you downsize and pick some other GPS watch that Clever Training stocks, even if it might not look as pretty and be lacking the flower power.

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Since I landed in a snowy place this evening, we’re going to get you thinking about winter. To enter, simply leave a quick comment with an answer to the following:

How do you adapt your training schedule for winter? Do you change sports altogether, or do you happen to be one of those lucky ducks living in Hawaii?

Giveaway closes Friday evening, November 20th at 11:59PM US Eastern Time.

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7,470 Comments

  1. Jenny

    Here in Melbourne Australia I am lucky enough not to have to switch up training too much. A few more layers and a cup of concrete with a side of complaining is all it takes.

  2. Matthew Clemente

    In New Jersey here, so the winters can get a bit cold and messy, especially for early morning runs. But with enough layers, it’s possible to stay warm, and even enjoy it. I am a bit more likely to replace a run with an indoor exercise during the winter though. No reason to be stupid about it.

  3. Alan Zhang

    It gets really cold in Ottawa Canada. Already switched all my training to gym — 3 days treadmill, 3 days spinning/swimming and 1 day cross training.

  4. Martyn

    Structured bike training via trainerroad and Zwift and a bit of fell running. Occasional pool swim to keep it up.

  5. Chris

    I just shorten my stride, and try not fall on the ice (only happened once in 15 years.) I love running outside in the snow here in British Columbia, even though I’m slow (10-11 min miles), I feel like a badass, since no one else is on the roads.

  6. kristof

    shifting focus from cycling to (more) running. And occasionally a sweat session on the rollers…

  7. Nilo Ayson

    More trips to the mountains on the weekends. Weekly runs and ride staty constant just slap on warmer gear to reduce shrinkage. :P

  8. Elie Silver

    I’ll be training for my first Boston. Icy/freezing temperatures await. I always do my long run outside, but usually move at least a couple midweek sessions on to the treadmill.

  9. Karri K.

    I hate skiing and don’t really like gyms either, so it’s running outdoors through the winter or not running. I choose the former. We haven’t seen a lot of snow these last few winters in southern Finland so combined with the crappy summer we had it probably won’t be that big of a change weather-wise. And atleast it’s a nice little excuse for buying new running stuff all year round.

  10. Ryan

    I’m coming of (another) injury so I’m just taking it easy running and focusing on strength so I don’t get (re)injured again!

  11. Mark

    Bought some lights for my bike. Trained my kids to clean it. And keep on cycling!

  12. Chris Walkup

    I just end up running in the dark (headlamps, reflective gear and warmer clothes) and relying on my running group for accountability. Plus we have the “weather window” (it generally doesn’t rain between 5:30 and 6:30 AM in Eugene for some reason).

  13. John

    The weather in VA stays pretty mild so not much deviation except for extra layers

  14. Grammus

    Grab a torch and a wind-proof jacket and run, run, run. There’s marathons to be done in April.

  15. Tatar Pastiu Horatiu Andrei

    This winter I’ll try to run as much as I can and also some cross training.

  16. Martin Anastasovski

    I ride indoor on a trainer.

  17. Iva Hrdinová

    I change sports of course. Winter is beautiful here but it is only good for skiing not for running. But cross-country skiing is not bad at all. Actually ice skating on a pond is great alternative too. Yeah, sports in winter are different than sport activities in other seasons.

  18. Justin

    I carry on as normal, train outside as well as inside. only when it’s really windy will I be forced inside.

  19. Benedikt

    How do you adapt your training schedule for winter? Do you change sports altogether, or do you happen to be one of those lucky ducks living in Hawaii?

    I will mostly switch to swimming and doing freeletics. But i still run down to -15°C.

  20. Brian

    I may be slow but I’d look good.

  21. Larissa

    Who needs to change activities when you have great gear! My gear gets warmer, but that doesn’t mean sacrificing the technical quality of my clothes. I still wear sweat-wicking fabrics, that way I am not sitting in my own sweat when running in the cold.

  22. Nick

    I live in California, so i have to start wearing a Buff and bring a torch on my runs. Terrible!

  23. Henri

    A bit more indoor training, but when there is still some daylight outside (and my schedule is flexible enough) into the nature I go. Hope some snow gonna storm out from somewhere :)

  24. I’m an Australian in London, and not accustomed to cold – so I often wrap up in multiple layers, hide in my back shed on the trainer and punish myself for hours while holding the door shut with one hand to keep the rain from getting my tablet wet. That’s normal, right?

    • John T.

      Panhandle of Florida is the perfect winter training area, only adjustments required are running later in the day to avoid the cold and bundling up on the bike. Even the pool stayed open (until this year) but without it we can still swim open water, albeit with a wetsuit. Ironman Florida is just the beginning of focused off-season training! Oh, and of course you have to make time for football, after all the SEC is the heart of college sports. Gig ’em.

  25. duunome

    I brace myself… cause winter is coming.

  26. Andrew

    Break out the cross country skis and running snowshoes – you have to enjoy winter!

  27. Dan McG

    HTFU! Frozen snot runs and rides.

  28. Jsdawley

    Usually can manage outdoor runs during winter, but when not able incorporate treadmill or weights into training!

  29. Ondrej

    shifting focus from cycling to (more) running. And many sessions on the rollers…

  30. Jeff Stevens

    In NH, it’s all about quality cold weather gear and finding your limits: last year, I found that -14F was my limit, as it was simply too cold on the small amount of skin that was bared.
    – Jeff

  31. Aaron Lee

    Lots of indoor training. Great excuse to add in more weights. Oh, and rain gear of course =)

  32. I stick to mountain biking also during winter. Just dress up and take a change of clothes, so I can ride down the mountain in dry clothes. :-)

  33. john mccullagh

    Slow the swimming and get the turbo trainer going for evening sessions and bad weather. Fit in a few running races where possible

  34. Jacek

    Warmer clothes and go on!

  35. Semi Ennafaa

    I need more motivation for my training :)

  36. More time in the gym and on the treadmill. If nasty weather on the weekend hit the local cycling studio.

  37. John Friesen

    I don’t change things up much in the winter, just have to be flexible on those rare days we do get snow. If it’s just heavy rain, I still do the ride or run.

  38. Martin

    Biking to work has been replaced with spinning before work…

  39. Erik Ogilvie

    I’m putting away the pretty carbon Di2 road bike and pulling out the steel “gravel” bike with disc brakes… or, at least, I will be when the weather turns bad. It’s supposed to be a snowy year here in the DC area, if you recall what that can be like.

  40. Will

    Layers, and the occasional extra cup of hot coffee.

  41. James Miller

    I have a broken wrist at the moment so am only capable of turbo training!! Can’t wait for the cycling gains next year though…

  42. Go mountainbike go, and a Tacx session twice a week

  43. Matthew Harris

    Netflix and cocoa…….maybe some snowshoeing

  44. Oscar Roig

    I wil not be running much since it’s dark and depressing outside so I’ll do more indoor sports

  45. Jonas

    There is a lot of snow where I live, so you either put up with it or you have to move inside for the winter. I hate treadmills so I just run through the snow and enjoy my wet feet.
    Some friends suggested I should get a pair of snowshoes but I’m not entirely sold yet, anyone have some experience?

  46. Axel

    Indoor training and skiing:)

  47. Sevapog

    I live in Israel, no changes in training

  48. Elias Jonsson

    I live in Norway and I use to go cross country in the winter months. But as always running my weekly track intervals in the indoor track at Bislett

  49. Heather S

    I play indoor soccer and use the gym in the winter :)
    #grind
    Thanks for the chance to win such a RAD timepiece!

  50. Ales Susnik

    Outside riding is replaced by Traineroad + Zwift on a Kickr, swiming is 90% indoors anyhow thru the year, not much change, running, snow has never been an issue :)

  51. Matthew Elam

    Plan on taking this winter like every other one, bundling up and running fast to stay warm.

  52. Pablo

    Indoors mainly during the week, but is still impossible to me to do the long bike indoors, even if is freezing I have to do it outside.

  53. Koen B

    My bike goes on the Tacx. So I can ‘continue’ to ride my bike. But more often I just run. Add layers, add visibility(!) and trail well-know routes.

  54. I go south to Italy (from Geneva, Switzerland) for motocross training. 8-)
    Otherwise more indoor gym and some Skiing

  55. Scott Steven

    Living in Scotland, the training quickly turns to runs and the turbo trainer in the garage!

  56. David Cruz

    I live in SoCal… no need to change anything but wear a parka to the outdoor pool.

  57. Uri

    Dress warmer

  58. Gillze

    Road to the velodrome and rollers

  59. Martin

    Here in Poland I have to adapt my training … mentally. When it’s cold and dark, training is the last thing you would consider enjoyable. Much mental strength is required to take off your slippers and hit the road, especially after 12 hours at work. No pain, no gain! Keep tour head up and enjoy every moment of the training – that’s my advice. If you do so, next Spring will be rewarding!

  60. Mirko Brauns

    More running and indoor training.

  61. David

    More swimming and weight training.

  62. Smash W.

    How do you adapt your training schedule for winter? Well I try to cross train with different classes at the Y. Try kettlebell and plyo classes that just give me something else to do. I train to get motivated to swim, but that doesn’t always happen and I maintain my running. I do love to start playing pick up basketball during the winter until I get injured. HA

  63. Gregg Hardman

    Murfreesboro TN gets cold and rainy for the winter. I move from outdoors walking and jogging to inside gym. Stair climbing/elliptical with more weight training.

  64. Jenny

    Bike time on the trainer. Running on the treadmill, but only when the roads and trails are too covered in snow/ice. I could cross country ski again…

  65. Silas

    Indoor spinning!

  66. Jesus Cabrera

    Thanks to your advice now I own a Tacx vortex smart, which will be my main training tool through the winter. Still wondering if sticking to Tacx or going zwift or other.

  67. Daniel

    I observe exercise “daylight savings time” and move all my runs to lunchtime :) and my bike rides to the trainer :(. Swims have to compete with runs at lunch, since it’s hard to get up that early before sunrise.

  68. Pierre K

    Winter = cross-country ski and home trainer!

  69. eugene

    I hop on the suicide machine aka bike rollers.

  70. Iain

    Goretex and go… (or go to the gym)

  71. Steven

    put spike on the bottoms of my shoes for gripping the ice and wear lots of layers.

    or if its too cold inside on a track

  72. Craig Vespa

    Just extra layers and a little more determination…

  73. Sandijs

    2 or 3 layers of Odlo and I’m good to go outside even when it is -20C.
    And sometimes spiked running shoes :)

  74. Erik Rubin

    Plan to stay the course … but with warmer gear!

  75. Charley

    I keep the same running schedule M,T,TH,SAT, and on the other days I incorporate cross training with weights and biking on the in-door trainer.

  76. Crispin Ellisdon

    For winter, I do more interval sprints in street light areas and indoor strength training; endurance conditioning takes a hit though.

  77. guymac

    Living in Tucson, there are only 2 training seasons: get your workout in before 6AM, and the other 8 months of the year!

  78. Lars

    I’ll just stay indoors

  79. Jan Martijn Metselaar

    Being Dutch, I switch from cycling to speed skating in the winter. Training for the 200km alternative ‘Elfstedentocht’ in January on the Weissensee lake in Austria.

  80. While we’re having a mild-so-far November in Louisville, Ky., December through February usually have their fair share of icy, snowy days. (And we don’t do a great job clearing roads/sidewalks, so sometimes outdoor activities are dangerous more than just inconvenient.)

    I belong to an exceptional gym and during the winter months take more advantage of the facilities, including the 250+ group classes per month. My running stays pretty consistent with use of the treadmills and indoor track, but I add in more spin classes (there’s also a duathlon class combining intervals in spin and on the indoor track that I want to try). I also emphasize strength and core through more Pilates and yoga classes. And, there’s always the pool if I was so inclined.

  81. Mike

    Put on an extra layer, and go run.

  82. Albert

    I would like to change sport very much from cycling and running to crosscountry skiing, but it has been few winters back we had sufficient amount of snow easy reachable here in central europe before Christmas. So it is actually still running and cycling in warmer clothes this way. Hope it is different this winter.

  83. roscoe leslie

    I use a concept2 rowing machine and continue riding on weekends through the winter.

  84. Trond Cato

    As I live in Norway it’s very difficult to swim outside during the winther. So I swim at the local pool with my team mates. But that’s allright to.
    Quite a bit less cycling for the benefit of cross country skiing.
    And running outdoors as much as possible, despite snow, cold and lack of daylight.

  85. Christian

    Winter ist the time to work on your core muscles. Doing some alternative sports like spinning, snow hiking, yoga, weight lifting. And of course: eating tons of chocolate.

  86. Ryan

    I change to LSD training and look for some snow races in the North. It helps keep things fresh

  87. Michael S.

    I will focus on swimming. Running is always possible – so I will keep on running. So what about riding the bike? I will think about which trainer to spent on my money till the winter is gone ;-)

  88. Konstantin Petoukhov

    I’ll be cycling on the trainer indoors along with the rest of my tri team, followed by brick runs outside. Pool training sessions will not change.

  89. Kyle Kennison

    My training is just ramping for IMTX again. I will be on the trainer a lot (a la Andy Potts) and running outside in warm clothes.

  90. Aina

    Unfortunately I tend to loose motivation and not to train in the cold winter.

  91. Anneli

    I we are lucky, we have a proper snow in Estonia which means cross-country skiing and fun times in the forest. If we are not so lucky, then mixing running and hiking is also a good alternative for a gym and indoor cycling. :)

  92. John

    No change at all for winter, just a bit more clothes and a bit less sweat.

  93. Arno Smit

    Speedskating (on ice) is a perfect training for cyclists!

  94. Matt W

    The colder the better, only downside to winter running is fewer daylight hours

  95. Andris

    Cyclocross of course, along with some pool time in Jan/Feb. I’d rather be outside!

  96. Richard M

    More indoor training with Zwift and the KICKR, but the occasional long Sunday ride and the Tuesday night gravel ride, depending on how snowy/slushy it is in the winter here in Philly.

  97. Jiri

    Only warmer clothes, no other difference. :)

  98. robin

    i just bought a pair of removable spikes for winter running. there’s no such thing as bad weather, just bad/inappropriate gear!

  99. Half

    More swimming pool, less bike, and warm clothes to run!!!

  100. Corri

    My riding moves 100% indoors to a trainer and my running becomes 50/50 treadmill vs. outdoors. My swimming isn’t really affected by the season.