It shall be called, "Snowtorious B.I.G"

[Lil' Hannah]

Originally Posted by ADqtPiMel

Yeah, they are traction aids. They are basically a series of coils that wrap around the bottom of your shoe. They are awesome.

My fancy schmancy Montrail Gore-Tex shoes are hard to run in, so I bought a pair of Yak Trax last night, I'm going to try to give them a go later this afternoon. Hopefully visibillity will be better by then, everyone on the news is all "STAY IN UR GONNA DIE".

[ADqtPiMel]

Originally Posted by Lil' Hannah

My fancy schmancy Montrail Gore-Tex shoes are hard to run in, so I bought a pair of Yak Trax last night, I'm going to try to give them a go later this afternoon. Hopefully visibillity will be better by then, everyone on the news is all "STAY IN UR GONNA DIE".

I've found that they work best on packed snow -- when I ran in them during SNOWMAGEDDON II: ELECTRIC BOOGALOO I ran in the middle of the road where a couple of cars had packed down the snow. It's really hard to run in these drifts. The YakTrax seem to work best in the few days after a snowstorm where there's complete ground cover that's been smooshed down a bit.

[Lil' Hannah]

Originally Posted by ADqtPiMel

I've found that they work best on packed snow -- when I ran in them during SNOWMAGEDDON II: ELECTRIC BOOGALOO I ran in the middle of the road where a couple of cars had packed down the snow. It's really hard to run in these drifts. The YakTrax seem to work best in the few days after a snowstorm where there's complete ground cover that's been smooshed down a bit.

Noted. I'm way behind on my training for the Cherry Blossom 10 Miler because I let my gym membership lapse and I'm only running outside now.

I'm going to walk to the grocery store now, despite Topper Shutt's recommendations to stay inside. Hopefully they're open.

[ADqtPiMel]

Originally Posted by Lil' Hannah

Noted. I'm way behind on my training for the Cherry Blossom 10 Miler because I let my gym membership lapse and I'm only running outside now.

I'm going to walk to the grocery store now, despite Topper Shutt's recommendations to stay inside. Hopefully they're open.

Same here -- cancelled the gym membership in September because the only reason I would use a treadmill is because it's snowing, and it never snows here. Right. Luckily I haven't gotten too far behind on training (running the Shamrock Marathon in VA Beach in March) -- I've just switched weeks around and whatnot so the snowstorms have coincided with rest weeks.

Last night my husband snarled at the TV, "I hate you Topper Shutt! I don't even CARE what your real name is!"

[VandalSquirrel]

I've been lauding the YakTracks (and their variations) on GC for years. They do work better on more glaciated snow and ice, and if the drifts are high I have my snowshoes on.

My only righteous indignancy about people complaining about the snow is that other than travel it isn't unreasonable to keep enough food and water on hand for a week for emergencies. I grew up in San Francisco (no snow) and have had that set up my whole life due to earth quakes. I have my camping gear in the event my home is demolished, but are people just not prepared for emergencies? I know the roads suck but are complaints about roads related to getting to the store and what not, wouldn't the lack of infrastructure for clearing roads be lessened if people stayed the hell home so roads could be cleared quicker, which is what we do here or people clear roads on their own.

Yeah, I'm not making Idaho look good about cuckoo survivalists but honestly, emergency preparedness is a good idea.

[KSigkid]

Originally Posted by Munchkin03

Everyone's been hysterical. OMGWTFSNOOOOOOOOOOW!

Yeah, it has been kind of interesting to watch how crazy people have been about it.

When I was living in Boston we got something like 20-25 inches (may have been 2004/2005). The city shut down for a couple of days, but I don't remember the "end of times" craziness, and it's not like we're used to getting that level of snow in New England.

Originally Posted by ADqtPiMel

I've found that they work best on packed snow -- when I ran in them during SNOWMAGEDDON II: ELECTRIC BOOGALOO I ran in the middle of the road where a couple of cars had packed down the snow. It's really hard to run in these drifts. The YakTrax seem to work best in the few days after a snowstorm where there's complete ground cover that's been smooshed down a bit.

For some reason I've never been able to run in snow. I'm way too un-coordinated.

[VandalSquirrel]

Originally Posted by KSigkid

Yeah, it has been kind of interesting to watch how crazy people have been about it.

When I was living in Boston we got something like 20-25 inches (may have been 2004/2005). The city shut down for a couple of days, but I don't remember the "end of times" craziness, and it's not like we're used to getting that level of snow in New England.



For some reason I've never been able to run in snow. I'm way too un-coordinated.

Maybe it is the type of snow you're trying to run in? If it is packed down yaktraks work, if it is fluffy drifts you can run in snow shoes. I love hoofing it in snow shoes through giant drifts and making paths on the sidewalks before other people go out. It reminds me of running in sand if you get the right style of snow shoe.

[Munchkin03]

Originally Posted by KSigkid

Yeah, it has been kind of interesting to watch how crazy people have been about it.

When I was living in Boston we got something like 20-25 inches (may have been 2004/2005). The city shut down for a couple of days, but I don't remember the "end of times" craziness, and it's not like we're used to getting that level of snow in New England.



For some reason I've never been able to run in snow. I'm way too un-coordinated.

I can't figure it out. I think any winter I've had in NYC has been peanuts compared to what I experienced in Providence.

My parents called me to make sure I had supplies. I do, but it's NYC and it takes something MAJOR to get stores to shut down. Also, snow plows start working immediately during a storm, so getting to and from work tonight was a little wet but not so crazy.

I ran in snow for the first time last week (I'm training for a 1/2-marathon so I am kind of like the Postal Service when it comes to long runs). It wasn't as bad as I thought. I definitely felt the instability around my ankles more.