Being a guy who's used to a Tropical climate along the Coromandel Coast, with a normal day which seems to look Hot, with 35 degrees Celsius at 100% Humidity, to a European climate, which touches minus temperatures quickly as soon as the winter starts, the experience I got today is a unique one and I felt it would be good to put it in a few words 🏃🏃🏃🏃🏃🏃
As Pablo (My Spanish friend on Erasmus from La Rioja in Spain) and I started to run today, our attire looked so:
1. Myself - A Thin multi purpose Muffler for the head, Base skin fit full T-shirt, Running T-shirt over and a thin Pullover, with upto 0 degrees capable gloves from Decathlon, Shorts (open legs) and barefoot on my Terraflex from Xero shoes.
2. Pablo - Three layers of T-shirt, skin fit pants and shorts, shoes with socks, basic gloves from Decathlon.
We withstood 12 minutes of running in the starting days of the cold Winter in Warsaw; the experience seemed like :
As we started, the cold winds hit us hard, right at the turn towards Wawelska. 400 metres into the run to stop at signal for a minute. I could feel the Cold weather waging war with my open legs, my nose getting frozen, breathing through the mouth, I jumped up and down for a few times, rather than simply standing 😱
The signal turned green, we did quite a faster pace than the usual 5:30-5:40 minutes/kilometre.
Around 900 metres into the run, I could feel my energy levels go down and a drowsy feeling, it was a strange weird feel.
With a right turn, leading to Banacha, the stretch was nice. I felt normal again and could feel my pace getting stronger and steady.
Couple of by-passers gave a strange weird look, seeing me run in bare shorts - they were all fully covered in winter jackets, heads closed with the caps and so on. Of course, bright sunny morning, -4 degrees, who would go bare-body and fight with the cold weather.
As we run, we come across these funny thoughts as we come across people on the street.
with the last stretch of over 700 metres, I felt it would be nice to do a sprint. I could feel my legs tending to fatigue on one side, become slightly numb on the other side.
As we crossed 300 metres, the signal at Wawelska welcomed us with a green light, with me trying a faster sprint, until I climbed the steps of my dormitory, to finish upon touching the giant big door at the entrance.
Post 12 minutes of Running- Alive😎😅💪! Hands frozen, legs okay, feet okay, Nose back to its own feeling, Mouth back to its warm state.
I was good without any socks to cover my feet. One more positive insight about my Terraflex shoes. I totally recommend you this, if you are keen on a Zero-drop, Minimal light weight shoe! (Here's the link to the brand: https://xeroshoes.com/xero-heroes/harikrishnan/)
"Ich werde meinen Trainern immer zuhören. Aber als Erstes höre ich auf meinen Körper“ - Haile Gebrselassie
Well done Pablo, I'm lucky to have a nice friend like you 😃
Strava link : https://www.strava.com/activities/1992332708
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| Sneak peek onto the streets from my Window. Oh what a Sunny Day! Today's run is going to be amazing😆😠 |
"Oft höre ich jemanden sagen ‚Ich bin kein richtiger Läufer‘. Wir alle sind richtige Läufer – einige laufen bloß schneller als andere. Ich habe noch nie einen ‚falschen‘ Läufer gesehen" -Bart Yasso
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| Hola Pablo! Amigo! 👏 |
As Pablo (My Spanish friend on Erasmus from La Rioja in Spain) and I started to run today, our attire looked so:
1. Myself - A Thin multi purpose Muffler for the head, Base skin fit full T-shirt, Running T-shirt over and a thin Pullover, with upto 0 degrees capable gloves from Decathlon, Shorts (open legs) and barefoot on my Terraflex from Xero shoes.
2. Pablo - Three layers of T-shirt, skin fit pants and shorts, shoes with socks, basic gloves from Decathlon.
We withstood 12 minutes of running in the starting days of the cold Winter in Warsaw; the experience seemed like :
As we started, the cold winds hit us hard, right at the turn towards Wawelska. 400 metres into the run to stop at signal for a minute. I could feel the Cold weather waging war with my open legs, my nose getting frozen, breathing through the mouth, I jumped up and down for a few times, rather than simply standing 😱
The signal turned green, we did quite a faster pace than the usual 5:30-5:40 minutes/kilometre.
Around 900 metres into the run, I could feel my energy levels go down and a drowsy feeling, it was a strange weird feel.
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| I told you, it was so cold!😒 |
Couple of by-passers gave a strange weird look, seeing me run in bare shorts - they were all fully covered in winter jackets, heads closed with the caps and so on. Of course, bright sunny morning, -4 degrees, who would go bare-body and fight with the cold weather.
As we run, we come across these funny thoughts as we come across people on the street.
with the last stretch of over 700 metres, I felt it would be nice to do a sprint. I could feel my legs tending to fatigue on one side, become slightly numb on the other side.
As we crossed 300 metres, the signal at Wawelska welcomed us with a green light, with me trying a faster sprint, until I climbed the steps of my dormitory, to finish upon touching the giant big door at the entrance.
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| I'm serious. It was -4 Degrees Celsius, with a feel of -11 Degrees 🙈😖 I was sure you wouldn't believe, so I posted a screenshot of the weather above! 😕 |
Post 12 minutes of Running- Alive😎😅💪! Hands frozen, legs okay, feet okay, Nose back to its own feeling, Mouth back to its warm state.
I was good without any socks to cover my feet. One more positive insight about my Terraflex shoes. I totally recommend you this, if you are keen on a Zero-drop, Minimal light weight shoe! (Here's the link to the brand: https://xeroshoes.com/xero-heroes/harikrishnan/)
"Ich werde meinen Trainern immer zuhören. Aber als Erstes höre ich auf meinen Körper“ - Haile Gebrselassie
Well done Pablo, I'm lucky to have a nice friend like you 😃
Strava link : https://www.strava.com/activities/1992332708
