It’s somehow already halfway through November, and we’ve lacked a giveaway this month. Heck, did we even have a giveaway last month? That seems like eons ago. My bad.
No worries though, I’m here to save the day. Or at least, save Tuesday. I’ll be giving you a Fenix3. But not any Fenix3, one of their newfangled fancy looking Fenix3 watches. Had I thought this post through a little bit more, I could have put it on Friday, and named it the ‘Fancy Fenix3 Friday Freebie’, but alas – I didn’t think of that until now as I write on the plane. My mental schedule is set for the week, and here it is.
In any case, they released these ones back a few months ago. One is more of a leather strap, and the other more womanly with swanky rose gold trimmings. Though honestly, it’s still kinda a big watch for a woman – so if you’re more petite – I’ll let you downsize and pick some other GPS watch that Clever Training stocks, even if it might not look as pretty and be lacking the flower power.
Since I landed in a snowy place this evening, we’re going to get you thinking about winter. To enter, simply leave a quick comment with an answer to the following:
How do you adapt your training schedule for winter? Do you change sports altogether, or do you happen to be one of those lucky ducks living in Hawaii?
Giveaway closes Friday evening, November 20th at 11:59PM US Eastern Time.
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The last couple of winters have been almost snowless – at least in southern Finland so basically you could keep on running on trails. Although, I hope it will get real winter and lots of snow so you can variate slippery winter running with cc-skiing.
I do less running and more pool swimming in winter. if weather permits (which is not that often!) I love to do cross country skiing.
Bikes usually get some rest till temperatures reach steady above freezing.
I wear long sleeves or sweats when I run, depending on how cold it is. Gloves and hat if it is super cold and a neck gaiter thingy if it’s even colder than that.
As a Brazilian living in Canada you would think I run for covers, but in fact I seem to be is better shape during the winter. That’s because we have a great group of people around here who are doing cyclocross gravel grinders throughout the winter. And I love cx-skiing when the snow is too much.
Sound interested to try something else that my cycle specific GPS Edge 800.
Brrrr. Although heading somewhere hot is fun, more practically I just bundle up and hope the best. Or stick with the treadmill when possible.
In the winter I hit the court for some basketball, strength training, flexibility and range of motion indoors. Running the cold if the wind isn’t blowing is manageable too.
luckily enough i live in the usual sunny israel, so no real adaption required, but, today, the rain was so hard i couldnt run, love your site, shmulik
I’m in Fairbanks, Alaska, so we get some pretty chilly winter days. When training for a spring marathon, I run pretty much through the winter, almost no matter the temperature (my record low is -49*F). But sometimes I wimp out and do a workout on the treadmill. But this winter, since I have no long focus races in the spring until May, I’ll do a lot more Nordic skiing, fat biking, and snowshoe running/racing. Lots of opportunities to get outside during the long, dark winter!
I live in Phoenix, Arizona. Now that it’s winter, I am free to train outdoors. Save the indoor trainer for the oppressive summer.
Living in the alps so snow means taking out the backcountry an crosscountry skis. Trainings will be less often but longer.
I wear YakTrax when it’s icy.
Great clothing and winter gear. When the ice makes cycling or running unsafe, time for snowshoe hikes or xcountry skiing!
I actually welcome Winter’s arrival. I enjoy running at night so Winter means it is dark outside much sooner so I can get my run just before dinner time!
I have to wake up earlier to account for the time to put on all the extra clothes and acne cream to account for all the extra zits caused by the extra clothes… 🙁
No change in sports.
Starting soon with cross-country skiing in the mountains!
Winter is good running weather here – I have to adapt to summer heat and humidity though.
I’m in Berlin and switched form road cycling to cyclocross.
YES PLZ. My winter habit is to use the KICKR. I don’t switch sports.
All you need in New York is a hat and some pants.
In Britain this means something very different. Made me laugh this morning thinking of you all gambolling about in Central Park in your underwear and a hat 🙂
My training has never changed before other than ignoring a turbo trainer and going out less. This year Zwift is making me ride a lot more.
Lots of layers!
Here in Los Angeles, weekday workouts move to the gym and I wear less sunscreen on the weekends.
Hi,
On one side I’ve purchased a lot of winter clothes this year – so will cycle through winter – or at least untI’ll snow falls.
On the other winter is the only time I run (treadmill at my apartment), I also have concept2 rowing trainer, ergo trainer and tacx genius that I cycle through during the worst weather.
Besides, if there is snow and reasonable weather I do some cross country nordic skiing. And hiking once a week, when I go to the mountains for weekend.
Whenever it is snow free i go running. The other days i can do some workout on my bike trainer.
Lots of indoor riding! 🙁 Thanks for the contest! 🙂
Initially I do shorter runs and usually I stop running altogether later 🙁
I try to train outside until it’s too cold (-20F or so for running). This will be my first year with a trainer for my bike.
The only changes here:
* are much more clothes
* need to think about charching the lights more often (be it run or bike)
* spiked tires for those 2 days commuting to work would be to dangerous otherwise
and keep on trail running 🙂
I start using that torture device known as the trainer. At least TrainerRoad makes it more bearable.
As a citizen of Finland, the training has to be moved inside. So indoor biking.
I already stopped riding the bike, but I will try to keep the running as often I can and the weather is….. ok.
Besides that I do freeletics and ride the hometrainer indoor.
I do change a bit: more emphasis on swimming, running and hiking and less cycling due to the less-than-ideal road conditions.
Here on the island of Guam….Winter just means that in addition to the 85F degree weather, we also get the cool tradewinds from Japan that help me work on my headwind/aero training. Some of the sacrifices for living in paradise.
I’ll try to stick to cycling, as long as there’s little to no ice on the roads. Running wise I ususally don’t change my habits.
Here i central Europe, I don’t do open water swimming, obviously, but rather try to work on my swimming style in the pool.
I focus on cycling during the warmer months, and switch to running during the colder months!
bundle up and keep riding and running
We’re fortunate that here in Southern Cali we sometimes need to wear arm warmers and sometimes even gloves when we ride outside.
Here in Holland it mostly gets wetter and colder in autumn and then colder and drier in the winter. For me that means just more and longer clothes when I go out running: there is no substitute for outdoor sports. Also it gets darker considerably earlier, so lights are mandatory now too!
I’ll get the Kickr going. Winter is very close here, where I am in Canada.
Clothing adjustments and reduced km.
TT bike on trainer (with TrainerRoad), ‘Cross bike for the warmer weekends, and continuing to hit the pool. This winter I’m going to add some gym work for general strength building + core work. Running might take a hit this year though…
Onto the turbo !
Hawaii, no. South India, Yes !
I’m very lucky to live a part of South Africa that gets cold in winter – but no snow or rain. I can handle cold or wet but not both at the same time. I usually train early morning/late at night so the loss of a couple of hours daylight is the worst part for me. Apart from that not much changes in my program.
Adapt by just staying more at home…sometimes more swimming!
Spin classes and more pool sessions.
Living in Paris, I will prepare for semi and marathon of Paris wearing long sleeves, gloves and maybe rain jacket, depending on the weather.
Attending indoor spinning sessions while waiting for enough snow to go cx skiing.
In winter I turn to cyclocross and cross-country running to keep my fitness up. This winter I’ll also be walking Kokoda trail in PNG!
In the SF Bay Area we have been “lucky” to not have any rain the last couple winters. I have pretty much ridden my bike whenever over winter. Looks like we will get real rain this year so I will probably just use a trainer or an old spin bike and watch a movie.
Training in winter in southern Australia just means a few more clothes on the bike and sometimes gloves when running in the morning. No swimming in the ocean either.
Ran in 32 degrees C today 😉
The winters here in the Netherlands are mostly wet instead of cold. I change from cycling to running, and hit the gym more often.
I put everything in a suitcase and wait for the temperature to rise.
I bundle up and run
I do more base training and jogging instead of cycling.
When the snow arrives, I switch to cross country skiing.
Not much difference between winter and summer, but I do line in Australia,,,
I live in California, so I don’t have to change training schedule too much for the winter. Just less outdoor swimming.
Live in Vancouver, so it’s indoor trainer season, along with running in the rain.
More swimming and indoor cycling. Try to keep up the volume though.
I do much more running and a lot less cycling. No swimming, I hate swimming in the pool!
Cup of coffee and out I go into the Minnesota winter.
Core training and indoor rollers!
I live in Cape Town so no adaptation is needed. Mountain sports are just as fun in the rain and mud as during summer and just as good for the soul.
This Winter will be all about strengthening my knees, legs and core to prepare to run my first Marathon in June of 2016 😀
In Norway: More clothes, more spikes and more headlamp:)
A lot of base building, and probably start to workout my swimming technique.
I like live in SoCal so training in winter is like training in spring, summer and fall!
I tend to use the treadmill quite a bit in winter, at least until the roads turn into proper winter roads, and mix in some XC skiing to get by.
Bundle up, or jump on the treadmill when I absolutely have to!
I do more swimming, futsal and cross country skiing (living in CZ).
Hitting the gym for snowboarding season and definitely more morning runs.
Thanks for offering this giveaway! I’m tempted to hibernate in the winter, but luckily the CA weather doesn’t provide much of an excuse. With the darker evenings, I tend to get more active on the weekends and less active on weeknights.
I have to give up cycling. Though I run outdoor nevetheless 🙂
Still train, but cut back on it to go play in the snow 🙂
When the clocks change, so do my bikes: I switch from road bikes in the summer to mountain bikes in the winter.
I ski and I ride my bike trainer.
More time in the weight room but I still run outdoors as much as I can stand. It doesn’t get *that* cold in Seattle.
Hi Ray,
my winter training is more intensity focused, shorter workouts than in summmer when I train to ironman. My gadgets are Computrainer, powermeters and running gps. I live in Spain nothwest, it rains a lot.
Living on Vancouver Island my training only goes to the indoor bike trainer when the bigger storms roll through. Even then trail runs can be very cosy dressed up, dodging puddles. Starting next week my training will move indoors as I’m having open heart surgery to repair my aortic valve which will allow me to hopefully return to triathlons next Summer. One step at a time…..
Mainly doing trainer workouts, using trainer road and the sufferfest videos
A little more trainer time and the need to avoid slippery leaves while running!
Winters in Belgium are difficult to predict. It can be very wet (no snow) and not cold, but it can be also the opposit with a lot of snow and cold to very cold.
So I adapt my training in function of the weather, but still try to continue to cycle outdoors.
Unless we really have a lot of snow (very rare in central Belgium), you can run through the winter over here. The clear, cold & dry winter days are in fact great for running (well, maybe not for what air quality concerns). Just add a few layers and trail shoes if required.
Winter is also the cross-country races season. When you have the option of running in the mud, wind and ice-cold rain, why on earth would you opt for a treadmill instead? 😉
This, like any other winter I’m bringing the cycling inside and gonna do some complementary skiing just for the fun of it. With the running it’s just more clothes and a little less speed that wins the game.
Gribgrab Gloves and a buff måde og Merino wool..
More gym time, indoor swimming and hopefully some skiing. Less cycling. Running mixed between indoors and outdoors.
reduce volume, increase intensity (on rollers) & weight-training.
And don’t forget the Sauna & jumping in the snow afterwards!!
Gonna try and refocus on form.
Well something in between. I live in Madrid where is no snow. The temperature is going around 0 °C/32°F only in the morning for few hours but in the daytime if it’s sunny is ok. I have heavy clothes and also doing more stuff inside in the gym. I use a Jawbone Up 3 and a Scosche Heart Rate monitor.
No changes in training, just wear more clothes, and may leave an hour or two later in the morning 🙂
The one with the leather strap looks awesome
The bike will have to wait for the summer (or, at least, spring), but ski are about to be prepared for November season opening (the cross-country ski season has almost began here in Russia). And the swimming pool and martial arts training won’t go anywhere 🙂
No real change in running. Adding some swimming over the winter and skimo.
I hate rollers and trainers..
on the less Rainier days, I can either take my Trail XC bike for a short but harsh ride, instead of my regular road routine, and as for running, its the same, but i stay off the road side, and back into the trail, just to be on the safe side..
On the really worst days, I stick to Yoga and Core training
Here in Cape Town it rains in winter, a lot. The nice thing is that the temperature is generally a nice middling 13C, so, as long as you’re willing to get a bit wet, you can some decent training done without boiling or freezing. tl;dr: Wear clothes that can get wet, but don’t make you look like a drowned rat.
Here in southern austria I change to more indoor pool swimming and strength trainingb ecause I hat running in the dark. Only on weekends I ‘parade’ my winter running shoes.
I don’t change anything! I’m not afraid of winter!
Just sitting on my hometrainer, riding the courses of the summer or running in the dark 🙂
First Paris and France is in our minds here in Greece. Now for Winter since I am leaving in Athens just some more clothes and its ok to run during the winter
I adapt my training only a little bit. Mostly running and no orienteering during the winter.
No, I just wear warmer clothes for running.