Do many folks out there run on very windy days?
I'm wondering about peoples experiences when running with strong winds.
Adelaide can be a windy place as the weather fronts move across rotating in an anti-clockwise direction.
Today, I had intended to run a 25km along the beach and road.
It was going to be a warm 27C day with northerly winds. I got to the beach and found myself running 10km into 40km/h winds. This was meant to be an easy run, keeping the heart rate down. Even though I was running at an relaxed pace, running against the wind pushed my heart rate up to around 140bpm, a good 10bpm faster than I was aiming for. When I hit the turnaround point and had the wind behind me, my heart rate dropped to 130bpm but my form didn't feel as good as I was being pushed along. In the end I threw in the towel at 22km, the wind had worn me out. Has anyone else had experiences like that.
I'm wondering about peoples experiences when running with strong winds.
Adelaide can be a windy place as the weather fronts move across rotating in an anti-clockwise direction.
Today, I had intended to run a 25km along the beach and road.
It was going to be a warm 27C day with northerly winds. I got to the beach and found myself running 10km into 40km/h winds. This was meant to be an easy run, keeping the heart rate down. Even though I was running at an relaxed pace, running against the wind pushed my heart rate up to around 140bpm, a good 10bpm faster than I was aiming for. When I hit the turnaround point and had the wind behind me, my heart rate dropped to 130bpm but my form didn't feel as good as I was being pushed along. In the end I threw in the towel at 22km, the wind had worn me out. Has anyone else had experiences like that.