I picked (c) this morning. I even saved the cut-off socks since they are so absurd looking (the part where the angle changes for your heel fits the elbow so well...).
I told my wife and she thought I was nuts. She's probably right. But I just couldn't face the treadmill.
Suck it up and hit the treadmill. Not because it's cold, but because it's an unfamiliar city. THat means I have no idea where I will be going, I have no idea if my intervals will get interrupted because of traffic, intersections, bad roads, you name it. Treadmill = security, so suck it up and have a great run according to the plan.
Kind of torn, because I don't mind running at or around 30deg in shorts and a short sleeve shirt, but gloves and ear warmers are a must. Not sure I could be seen in public wearing sock puppets either.
On an unrelated side note. My aerobar pads literally fell off and were lost during my first loop of my IMWI final RR, on the IMWI course itself. I stopped at a gas station and got a bunch of napkins, took off my socks and stuffed them full of napkins then secured those over the metal elbow cups and voila. It wasn't great, but was better than riding Stagecoach on raw metal.
I'm not all that hardcore, but explore a new city on foot vs. run on a hotel treadmill? No contest. I might do a little research on routes and neighborhoods, make sure I don't run through the local equivalent of the South Bronx or Bed-Stuy...
(a) Screw it and go back to bed. You aren't going to shrivel up missing 1 run. Besides, after getting some extra sleep, you'll have extra energy to go out for a run in the evening when it is warmer and you have had a chance to recon the space around you - first on Google Earth then in the car if necessary.
I'd probably say B, but depending on the run length, I might go with C. If it was a relatively short run, I might suck it up - especially if I was THAT committed to go for a run. I'd justify it by the fact it'd make TM runs seem downright pleasant for the next week or two. (A) would be extremely tempting, though.
Also, sunny and 28 degrees? Or dark and 28 degrees with a little bit of a wind?
I'm not sure how people inferred it was dark. It wasn't dark...I waited until sunrise. But it wasn't really sunny, and it was a bit windy (8-10mph, according to weather.com).
In general I'm with Russell. I use Garmin Connect to find others' routes before I go to a new city. It also lessens the risk of not getting in the prescribed workout, which was Ben's understandable concern.
Btw Ben, as an aside, I'm not actually on a plan at the moment. I'm running for fitness until my OS plan starts in January. Once on the plan I am pretty careful about ensuring I can get in the workout as planned, even if it means a lot of out-and-backs somewhere or something equally boring. That said, if you study the courses and activities posted by others on Garmin Connect (including the elevation profiles!) you can usually gave a good hit rate on finding appropriate places. The thing you need to be really careful of is asking the hotel for a "jogging map"...some of those are just plain silly.
I once was in Rejkavic (sp?) in my pre-Garmin days and went for what was supposed to be about a 10 mi run. Turned into about 18-20 when I made a wrong turn somewhere after having supposedly memorized a loop route. Fortunately Rejkavic is not really that big of a place and there was only so far out of my way I could go... :-)
Since then, I've come to either use the Garmin for out and back routing with no mistakes (as your run was) or to use it with MMT or whatever to make a route. And having lived in NYC for a while, I'm probably more adventurous than I should be about being willing to run through more or less any area. :-)
Would I do sock-gloves? Yup. Would I do socks-as-armwarmers? That's a bridge too far. :-)
I once was in Rejkavic (sp?) in my pre-Garmin days and went for what was supposed to be about a 10 mi run. Turned into about 18-20 when I made a wrong turn somewhere after having supposedly memorized a loop route. Fortunately Rejkavic is not really that big of a place and there was only so far out of my way I could go... :-)
I'll hopefully get in a few runs in while i'm in Reykjavic (sp!) for New years this year, but I'll be prepared for it - garmin and cold weather gear! Just so happens there will be another triathlete randomly in town that we met via some travel forums, so maybe I'll have a running buddy. And if the celebratory adult beverages don't get in the way!
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I picked (c) this morning. I even saved the cut-off socks since they are so absurd looking (the part where the angle changes for your heel fits the elbow so well...).
I told my wife and she thought I was nuts. She's probably right. But I just couldn't face the treadmill.
On an unrelated side note. My aerobar pads literally fell off and were lost during my first loop of my IMWI final RR, on the IMWI course itself. I stopped at a gas station and got a bunch of napkins, took off my socks and stuffed them full of napkins then secured those over the metal elbow cups and voila. It wasn't great, but was better than riding Stagecoach on raw metal.
As long as it wasn't at O'Dark:30....then C works for me...but not sure about 28 in the dark......a little sun goes a long way.
LOL
I'm not all that hardcore, but explore a new city on foot vs. run on a hotel treadmill? No contest. I might do a little research on routes and neighborhoods, make sure I don't run through the local equivalent of the South Bronx or Bed-Stuy...
I say get some sleep then run later.
Also, sunny and 28 degrees? Or dark and 28 degrees with a little bit of a wind?
I just realized I gave absolutely no answer.
I'm not sure how people inferred it was dark. It wasn't dark...I waited until sunrise. But it wasn't really sunny, and it was a bit windy (8-10mph, according to weather.com).
In general I'm with Russell. I use Garmin Connect to find others' routes before I go to a new city. It also lessens the risk of not getting in the prescribed workout, which was Ben's understandable concern.
Btw Ben, as an aside, I'm not actually on a plan at the moment. I'm running for fitness until my OS plan starts in January. Once on the plan I am pretty careful about ensuring I can get in the workout as planned, even if it means a lot of out-and-backs somewhere or something equally boring. That said, if you study the courses and activities posted by others on Garmin Connect (including the elevation profiles!) you can usually gave a good hit rate on finding appropriate places. The thing you need to be really careful of is asking the hotel for a "jogging map"...some of those are just plain silly.
Since then, I've come to either use the Garmin for out and back routing with no mistakes (as your run was) or to use it with MMT or whatever to make a route. And having lived in NYC for a while, I'm probably more adventurous than I should be about being willing to run through more or less any area. :-)
Would I do sock-gloves? Yup. Would I do socks-as-armwarmers? That's a bridge too far. :-)
I'll hopefully get in a few runs in while i'm in Reykjavic (sp!) for New years this year, but I'll be prepared for it - garmin and cold weather gear! Just so happens there will be another triathlete randomly in town that we met via some travel forums, so maybe I'll have a running buddy. And if the celebratory adult beverages don't get in the way!