{"id":1281,"date":"2014-12-17T20:07:39","date_gmt":"2014-12-18T01:07:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/raz-family.ca\/RunKristi\/?p=1281"},"modified":"2014-12-17T20:07:39","modified_gmt":"2014-12-18T01:07:39","slug":"should-i-go-hypothermic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/raz-family.ca\/RunKristi\/?p=1281","title":{"rendered":"Should I go Hypothermic?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Does a winter half marathon sound appealing to you? \u00a0If the weather is perfect it sounds like a great idea to me. \u00a0But… if it is icy or if there are gale force winter winds I am not convinced a 2 hour run would be fun. \u00a0Throw in the fact that the course is that same rolling golf course that I ran in the fall and I am left wondering if I should register. \u00a0But there is a little part of me that thinks if I really want to consider myself a true winter runner ( or perhaps a true Canadian runner?) I should have one winter half marathon medal. \u00a0Particularly if it looks like this:<\/p>\n

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Now throw in a full brunch for the price of registration, and access to lockers, showers, indoor bathrooms and no lining up in an corral for ages before the race. \u00a0Those are a lot of perks that could outweigh the weather.<\/p>\n

Average temperatures on February 7th here in Ottawa is a reasonable -8 C (about 17F) but lows of about -30 C (-22F) have occurred on that date. \u00a0The course is also very open, any kind of wind would definitely be felt. \u00a0Here is a picture from the website of what it looked like one year at the race:<\/p>\n

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Note what looks to be ice on the path. \u00a0But did I mention the brunch??? \u00a0You also get these in your kit, neither of which I really need but it is always fun to get stuff:<\/p>\n

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If I ever manage to start my Prague Half Marathon training schedule (I should be in my third week but have done virtually no running due to being sick) I would only be scheduled to run a 16k on the Sunday of the Hypothermic. \u00a0This would be a much longer, tougher run than I would really need to do. \u00a0But I could treat it as a training run, keeping it slow, which let’s face it, if the footing is awful I won’t have a choice!<\/p>\n

One way or the other I will have to make up my mind…believe it or not I think this race actually sells out. \u00a0Yes, there are that many crazy winter runners out there!<\/p>\n

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