Running in the snow is hard. It doesn’t seem like it would be till you actually get out and do it. I can compare it to soft sand running – tough but a great workout. Thirty minutes and I was exhausted, my legs felt sore and I was satisfied.
I was going to run on the treadmill today but when I checked the temperature and found it was around 1 degrees Celsius on the plus side so I figured I’d be better off running outdoors than in an air-conditioned room at the gym. I dressed warm (too warm actually, one pair of pants would have sufficed) and headed for the road.
People stared. Of course this is normal, they stare in summer so it’s no surprise that they do the same in winter thinking ‘there’s some weirdo going for a run’. This used to bother me, now I don’t care. I’m not the one sitting in front of the idiot box binging on crisps, donuts and cakes while allowing my backside to expand and arteries to clog up (sorry that’s a bit evil and critical of me). Luckily, running is becoming a lot more popular in Poland especially in the bigger cities, however as I live in a smaller town on the outskirts of Warsaw there’s still a larger proportion of people who don’t understand the point in putting on your running shoes and hitting the pavement. They have no idea what they are missing out on.
Fortunately, there are people who glance in admirable ways and make motivational comments when I pass them on my run, ‘Faster, faster’ or ‘Good on you’ or ‘Good to see a young woman looking after her health’ and the like. These comments always put a smile on my face and make me run harder. I hope that with time more and more people will discover the joy in running as well as in other sports.
Total Time: 33 minutes
Distance: about 5km
