Temperature Running Challenge

Getting out the door for a run can be tough any day of the year. It can get especially tough in the winter - if you run outside or inside on a treadmill. The days when the temperature is so cold you would like to stay inside, under the covers and not come out because it's so cold. Days like this don't have to be that bad. You can make your run a bit more fun on those days. I like to call it the Temperature Running Challenge.

Temperature Running Challenge is fun and easy. Here are the 'rules':

• You look at what the temperature is outside before you start your run. Your challenge is to run that or better in miles (or kms). Example. It's 5F outside. The challenge would be to run 5 or more miles.
• If the temperature is -0 or colder and you are brave enough to run outside, run the route you were going to run, backwards (start from where you would normally finish). If you run indoors, run hard (in minutes) for what the temperature is. Example: It's -5F outside. The challenge would be to run hard for 5 minutes. Hard can be whatever pace you want it to be. It just needs to be faster pace than what you were running.
• If the temperature is too high (like in the summer time), you can still play the game. All you have to do is move the decimal over one digit to the left. Example. It's 30F outside. The challenge would be to run 3.0 or more miles.