It was 19 degrees at the Bronx Half Marathon a week ago. What did we see? Some runners with shorts on.
I’m sorry, but it’s frickin’ COLD out there. Unless you can show me your Polar Bear Club membership card, you’re a freak to wear thin polyester running shorts in sub-freezing temperatures. And years ago, we saw a clearly psychotic man run shirtless in a 15-degree 10-miler in the park. That took nerve, but it also took a supreme lack of common sense. Running therapy on lane 3!
People, people… keep yourselves warm and covered up, you don’t have to dress like the Michelin Man just to clock a few miles. We know your tough, and if it doesn’t kill you, it just makes you stronger, but it’s killing us to see your runner legs turning red from the initial stages of frostbite. Dress as if it’s 10-15 degrees warmer than the actual temperature, and you’ll be fine.
And in case you’re wondering, the Polar Bear Club is a group of NYC (and from elsewhere, we believe) area ‘swimmers’ who like to jump into the freezing Atlantic off Coney Island for the local media every January, proving once again that the end of days must not be so far off after all.
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