Running In Snow

Geezer regretfully acknowledges that while "Running in Snow" sounds like the title of the latest overwrought German film, it is, in this case, just another post about–you guessed it– running in snow. So, running in snow. What about it? Well for one thing, running in snow is a lot harder than running anything that is not snow. Running in snow, for example, requires the stabilizing muscles on the inner and outer parts of legs to work overtime, fighting the tendency to slide in every direction. And for a few of the same reasons, running in deep snow can provide a great resistance workout. Running Online offers eight pieces of advice for runners who are too stubborn to quit just because a few inches of the white stuff has fallen. Geezer is especially fond of tip number 4. "It’s okay to cut your mileage when running through snow… Don’t overtrain just to jot down the same distances you ran this summer in your logbook." Read all eight tips.