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

Why didn’t you just wait until later when the rain stops? That’s what I’m doing, swapped the usual morning for an evening run.

Running doesn’t make me that hot unless it’s hot ie well above 20. When I did a half marathon I had 3 layers on, gave my husband rhe jacket at 10km and took it back to put back on at 15km. Then after distance exercise as I cool
down I get really cold, I need hot drinks and a shower. And I’m in Australia 😆. I used to run with the uni cross country club and some women ran in wool thermals. Cold women like me.

Although the weather has been appalling. Trail running is out for me at the moment because all trails local to us are now impassable with sludge.

I would never quit a run because of the cold in April!
I'm not super hard core, but I and the members of my social running club all run in the winter in freezing conditions - and often in driving rain, although that really is shit.
You just need a long sleeve zip up top and some running gloves - in winter though, not April.

I agree with you - I have run all through winter and the start of spring but today I was defeated by the cold and rain and decided to call it a rest day and do some strength training indoors.

Tomorrow looks nicer where I am and good running weather but sadly I will be stuck in an office.

Jesus, what is it with the people who descend on threads determined to be superior and make the OP feel shit for ever being pissed off about anything.

That

My friend runs almost daily, he does the obstacle course races and runs off road and even he is sick of the mud, rain and wind
He said it's just draining his motivation as winter has been such a slog

but temps under 10 degrees are perfect for a run.

Vigorous exercise in cold weather hurts my lungs.

I'm always cold. Sitting in 4 layers today in the sunny room, even though the sun's out. I have reynaud's too. Supermarkets set it off the worst.

If the op is running on a wirral coast, then I ran the opposite coast yesterday. The wind was bitter. I prefer running in the cold, but not the wind. I tend to be in shorts and vest from about march onwards though, because I warm up fairly fast once I get going. It's the only time I wear fewer layers than dh. Having said that, I got reynaud nipple yesterday and couldn't get warm when I got home.

Same here Op, hate hate hate it.

Same here. I prefer running when it’s cold, I find it much easier than when it’s too warm.
I actually don’t mind rain too much either, as long as it’s not pouring down.
Apart from that I fully agree about the miserable weather though, it’s been going on for way too long now. Really sick of it feeling like November.
It’s supposed to get warmer from tomorrow on, so fingers crossed!

I'm with you OP, I hate the cold! Or rather, I like cold crisp days in winter, but not in Spring! I remember when there was a heatwave in March and I was all for it, there was even a hot February a few years back which was similarly glorious. I actually thought that climate change would mean that this country got a lot hotter, which I was looking forward to. I don't believe that 'climate change' has anything to do with it, we just live in a miserable cold country and I'm sick of it.

I have Raynaud's. I hate being bloody cold.

Me too and try jogging in wellies- you end up running like Mr Blobby.

There is absolutely such a thing as bad weather FGS

There’s no such as thing as bad weather, just bad clothes.

I'm sick and tired of reading this bollocks. There are only so many days of this shit weather that one is prepared to put up with.

Wading through mud in the right clothes and footwear is just not fun.

Once I got caught in a hail storm while out running and when I got home I noticed that all the letters in the logo on my t shirt had rearranged themselves. I think they were trying to spell out help.
As you were.

Running really warms me up, I much prefer running in the cold to the heat and it's not May yet.

Because going out for the umpteenth time in howling wind, horizontal rain and cold temperatures is bloody grim.

Yes, you can't change it but that doesn't mean you can't find it unpleasant and miserable.

I like running in the cold but don't like the rain. Never go running in the rain.

Why put so much importance to the weather?
It is what it is.
Full stop.

Will we?

I think your event last year was probably the unusual weather! I’m in central Scotland, yesterday I was sitting in the garden reading a book ! Yes it got nippy when the sun went in but that’s normal for April in Scotland. As a previous person said I won’t be putting plants out for a couple of weeks more yet just in case , and that’s perfectly normal. It’s just a normal Scottish spring here .

I understand your fury. I’m not a runner but I like going to the gym at 6am and open water swimming at the weekends. It’s been such a long, cold winter that I’ve skipped way more than I have any other years.
Its so hard when you have SAD (I do too) to get up and motivated, even though rationally you know you’ll feel better for it.

I’m so glad it’s not just me! I’ve become an evening runner, which almost always means being too tired to go as far as I want and need. Sometimes I don’t run at all but only walk and not briskly.

Sorry to tell you all, but I'm in Dublin right now and it is absolutely gorgeous weather. Am sitting on a bench by the sea in Dalkey (Bono lives there) and people watching. Sunglasses on, SPF on, layers peeled off. I can't believe it!

Heading back into town in a bit to see friends, afternoon in their garden with food and drinks and umbrellas up seems to be the plan.

But it's to rain tomorrow AGAIN.