AIBU to have thrown my morning run away cos I’m sick of being cold

You still ran op, you made the effort. I don't mind running in the rain but cold raining AND windy no thank you.

I'm with you @Overthebs I had a bike race yesterday and it took me nearly 2 hours to warm up from the wet and cold, especially miserable when travelling at speed, despite the best efforts of the dryrobe, the coffee and the car's heated seats. By the end there were many people struggling with fingers and toes. It was cold, it was wet, it was windy, the spray off the road was constant, it was generally miserable. It is essentially May. This weekend last year was shorts weather and sunny, without this chilling aggressive wind, as I did an event and my FB memories tell me all was well. I also did an event in the equivalent of 2 weeks time and that had an early start and was shorts and T-shirt. You can have all the pricey kit in the world but be honest it's still more miserable exercising when the wind is blowing cold dirty water in your eyes that it makes you not want to go out, then exercise becomes a chore vs something enjoyable that actively benefits your mental health.

I'm not a runner but my mood is massively affected by the weather and I'm really struggling. It's been such a slog. The cold doesn't bother me quite so much - dry, crisp cold days I actually enjoy. But grey, drizzle and rain constantly makes me want to hibernate.

We had three days of beautiful weather this weekend - warm enough to go for a walk in a T-shirt and cardi, and the cardi came off for a while, and my mood was so different. Today is grey, wet and miserable, although not cold, and I feel miserable again.

People can say about clothing etc, but it doesn't necessarily make it enjoyable. I dont know if running is meant to be enjoyable but if the weather is already making you feel miserable, it doesn't sound much fun at all.

Of course, living in Britain we should be used to it, but it doesn't make it any more fun.

I need to win the lottery and move somewhere hot and dry 😆

what a difference a day makes!

Kent here and it’s utterly sublime… unbroken sun all day and warm!

Yes - I did this for baby 2 and 3 (and have some runner friends who did similar)! However for baby 1 I stopped in first trimester and didn’t return until three months postpartum (it was all a lot rougher that time). I think if you carry on doing what your body is accustomed to it’s easier in contrast to building back from ground zero!

Double nightmare! 😂

Well you can vote for him next election, then 😂

That would be a nightmare for me. I don't find sunshine "glorious!"

I get so tired of the 'brace up, there's no bad weather, only bad clothes'. It is such utter bullshit.

Tell me about it @MsLuxLisbon. I also find it really frustrating to listen to because, like you say, it's bollocks. There's no clothing out there that can protect you from horizontal rain battering you in the face for hours on end.

I work outdoors. I love what I do, I really do, but there are only so many days in a row that you can go out and trudge through ankle deep mud with rain battering your face before you just want to cry, lol.

But you're acting like it's not okay to be upset about things sometimes - it really doesn't mean you're doing anything wrong or need to "change your view".

FWIW I work outdoors and love what I do as well, but that doesn't mean I don't sometimes feel massively down about going out in the horizontal rain and knee deep mud for the fifth week straight.

It's really got nothing to do with the "view I choose to take" - I'm just human and it's normal for humans to get upset over silly or irrational things sometimes.

I get so tired of the 'brace up, there's no bad weather, only bad clothes'. It is such utter bullshit. The grey and the rain is depressing, no amount of clothing is going to fix that. It really pisses me off haha. I actually had a dream the other night where Rishi Sunak was caught in a meeting saying that there was the technology to improve the weather and drive clouds away so we'd have glorious sunshine, but that he couldn't be bothered to implement it. I thought the dream surprisingly accurate.

I don't run, but I have an exercise bike at home. I feel much warmer throughout the day if I've had a chance to use it. So by all means throw out the run, but replace it with something else to keep your core temperature up. It is one thing that helps me in this seemingly endless grey.

Well, for me it’s because it’s helpful to remember it’s swings and roundabouts and the weather we like will come 😊 I loathe the heat! I love running in the rain and dread July/August especially as heat waves are becoming more frequent - even going out at 6am is baking, and I get hot enough running without overheating in horrid hot temperatures!

So I hope when I post about struggling and hating the heat, OP can respond to let me know she loves it and at least I’ll know someone does! And remember the happier times for me will
come in Autumn.

We can all have a conversation without being pitted against one another…

I struggle walking on ice never mind running 😂

It's ok in daylight cos you can see it and slow down or go round it. Not so much at night!

I run on cycle paths, which don't ever get gritted. I just have to go on the grass. Carefully!

I went for a wade through the mud walk in the woods this afternoon after the rain had stopped. It simply isn't safe to run therevbecause you would just end up on your back. The Trans Pennine Trail runs through our village and it is so busy just now because it is the only off road place to run, walk and cycle that isn't muddy.

You can be kitted out in half of Cotswold Ourdoors and still find trudging through endless mud to be depressing beyond words. Last time I checked you can’t buy clothes that make paths firm, or at least not ankle deep mud, underfoot.

Totally understand- weather can massively impact mood. I’d say that before 90% of the runs I do, I have no motivation to go out, but in 18 years of regular running I’ve only regretted about 3 runs (due to falling over/injury etc). I try to remind myself of that when the motivation is low!

I don’t know how people run when there is ice on the ground. I’m so scared of slipping

I would agree with you if she was a bit fed up but she is more than just a bit fed up she was deeply upset.

I live on a smallholding in an exposed spot in Scotland. I go out to tend to animals three times a day in winter and I'm not unhappy about it - I enjoy what I do.

I've no doubt others would hate it. But that would be because of the view they take of it. The weather is not in control of how people feel.

I’m training now for an event next January. I’ll taper at the end of December/early Jan but I have taken up to six weeks off before a marathon before and just cross trained indoors instead. Most of it is in your head tbh and I’m not worried about getting PBs at my age.

In January and February you fully expect to be running in lousy weather. You layer up and head out anyway BUT either it’s crisp and cold (which is very nice) or dampish but you know usually there aren’t that many of those days, so you look forward to being able to head out without the layers. By this time of year it is usually nice enough to go out without all the kit and kaboodle and enjoy some blue skies, fresh air, sun in your face even if there are showers and a bit of wind. So to STILL be slogging round in mud and biting wind IS tedious, it IS off putting and it doesn’t mean you’re not used to running, it’s the opposite, it feels like you’ve done your time in the horrible weather and are really ready for it to change.

And no it isn’t like this every spring. I have plenty of photos from runs in March and April where I’m in short sleeves and the sky is blue.

At the end of the day the OPs view of things is making her feel worse so it's not working for her.

Feeling temporarily fed up about something doesn't mean your "view of things isn't working". It means you're human and get frustrated and annoyed sometimes. It's normal.

loverofbestbuy not serious enough! I’m a fair weather runner.

but then you go straight into training for events in March? sounds like your a serious runner?