Ciao a tutti,
Cerco consigli sui posti migliori per una trasferta di allenamento sulla neve a gennaio. Ho una gara più tardi in inverno e l’ho comprato racchette da neve con cui voglio esercitarmi e voglio anche abituarmi al freddo e trovare l’abbigliamento giusto.
Idealmente, cerco un posto con temperature intorno a -10°C o inferiori, con terreno prevalentemente pianeggiante o leggermente collinare, qualcosa di simile alle piste da sci di fondo. Spero in percorsi accessibili al pubblico con almeno alcune infrastrutture di base, dal momento che non sono mai stato prima in remote aree innevate e preferirei non vagare in una foresta e morire congelato.
Se qualcuno fa parte, o conosce, un club di corsa nella parte settentrionale del paese che pratica la corsa sulla neve, mi farebbe piacere qualsiasi informazione. Forse la risposta più semplice è recarsi in una nota stazione di sci di fondo, quindi se è il caso non esitate a suggerirvene qualcuna.
Anche se il luogo è ragionevolmente accessibile da una città del Nord Europa, sia con un volo diretto che con un volo fino alla capitale e poi prendendo un treno o un breve volo in coincidenza.
Grazie per qualsiasi aiuto
[update: snowshoes are the funny looking squash racket things you attach to your feet to get traction/not sink into the snow – link]
Looking for advice on good locations to do snow running training
byu/Bishop_Talleyrand inFinland
di Bishop_Talleyrand
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I have no idea of snowshoe running races but Finland has for example tens of thousands frozen and snow covered lakes in winter, so maybe some of them would be good?
Outside. You go outside, snow is there. Not in coastal region in south.
You should learn cross country skiing using proper forest skis. Nobody runs in snow except some mad tourists maybe. That is just not a thing. Skis are the way to go.
When exercising in cold you must have thin layers you can adjust if it’s too hot or cold. You should have a backpack with more layers, including maybe a puffy jacket.
You must be able to change your underwear if you’re going to make a long trip without getting into warm places. You’ll sweat, your clothes will get soaked. Then you’ll freeze and it’s game over.
Underwear should be made of wool or wool mix, including socks. Yes, plastic alternatives exist also and are sold in stores. No cotton etc. Top layer could be made of wind stopper material but you should be able to adjust its vents.
What the hell is snow running?
You might have to explain what you mean by snow running before anyone can give you some reasonable advice. How is it done? In deep snow with actual snow shoes (I’m not talking about winter running shoes here) attached to your shoes? Or just running on snowy roads? That’s just running outside in the winter for us, wherever.
If it’s the latter, a skiing resort might not be the best place to go. I don’t know how many hiking trails they have in winter but walking/running on the cross-country skiing tracks is either forbidden or very much frowned upon. In fact most of the tracks that you can run on during the summer are converted to skiing tracks in winter, at least where I live. So what’s left for running is sidewalks and other places where people walk.
You can check out running events from Juoksukalenteri https://juoksija.fi/juoksukalenteri/. The listing has races too, but I believe the Park Runs are very much “go at your own pace” sort of events.
You’ll piss off a lot of people if you show up with those shoes at cross country skiing trails. There is already an abundance of walking idiots who crush groomed tracks with regular shoes.
That said I’ve never seen anyone wear such things. It’s either cross country skis on groomed tracks or vanilla running shoes on sidewalks.