Welcome to the Running Explain podcast. I'm Elizabeth, a marathoner, running coach, and answer seeker.

When I became a new runner at the age of 29, I had so many questions, but it felt like I was on my

own to figure all of the answers. So now I'm here to answer all your running questions to help make

you a better, smarter, faster runner.

There's no question too simple and no topic too complex.

So let's get started.

Welcome to the cold weather running episode.

In this episode, I'm going to be discussing.

Now that the weather is turning a little bit

chillier, how do you run during the winter? Are there things you need to consider? Are there

things you need to change? Does cold weather running affect your performance at all? And then when,

of course, does it become dangerous to run outside? Welcome, welcome to the Running Explained podcast. I'm Elizabeth. I'm very excited

that you're here. Today is a solo episode talking about cold weather running. And I do have some

friends and clients and runners on the other side of the world in the hemisphere where they're

entering their summer. But for most of

us, the days are getting shorter and then warnings are getting chillier. And for also many of us

is a welcome relief after the very, very hot summer we've just had. However, temperature is going to

keep sliding downwards. And at some point, you're going to ask yourself, hey, like, is it okay to run outside? Do I want to

run outside? Are there any drawbacks to running outside when it's cold, when it's this cold,

when it's this, whatever, fill in the blank, wintry condition? So first up, let's get something

out of the way. Yeah, it's totally fine to run in the cold. It's completely

okay to run in the winter. It's completely fine to run outside. How cold your kind of ceiling or

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