Kim and Zenaida’s Tuesday Topics link-up for today asks what your favorite time of year is to run. Read on to hear my thoughts!
Living in Minneapolis, Minnesota means I have to deal with all the extremes in weather, from blizzards and negative temperatures in the winter, to 100 degree humid days in the summer!
I try my best to embrace it all and get outside as much as I can, (though after breaking my leg in 2018, I am a bit quicker to run on the treadmill in the winter now!)
Spring running can really be great; a 60 degree sunny day in April feels warmer and more amazing than a similar temp in September. There’s flowers blooming, the sun comes up earlier and earlier, and there are lots of random animal sightings!
But spring running is often muddy and the brown grass isn’t really that pretty.
I have had some wonderful winter runs, but the risk of slipping is very real, so I just can’t say that winter is the best season for running in Minneapolis!
In my opinion, the best season to run in Minnesota is most definitely the FALL. September through November- especially October- are crisp runs with fall foliage, maybe the smell of bonfire in the air.
The BEST.
Traditionally, in a non-Covid year, the Twin Cities Marathon is a highlight of fall running in Minnesota.
This pic is from when I ran it with my sister Erin. Such a great memory!
The Twin Cities Marathon course shows off all the beautiful parkways and lakes, as well as the river road.
It’s one of my favorite marathons to run, and part of the reason I love it so much is that the weather is 90% of the time absolutely perfect for a marathon.
And again, the fall foliage is breathtaking.
If you have the opportunity to come to Minneapolis to run, definitely try to plan for a trip in October. You won’t regret it.
Let me know what your favorite season is to run where you live! I would love to hear from you!
Be sure to check out Kim and Zenaida’s blog and all the other bloggers who linked up this week to share their thoughts on this Tuesday Topic!
Like you, I get to run in every kind of weather in all four different seasons. Summer is definitely my favorite, though. Winter is my least LOL I would love to run the Marathon someday., even the 13.1 would be fun!
Midwesterners are lucky, we get a little bit of everything, ha!
I hope you do Twin Cities one day!
As I said to Zenaida, I do enjoy Fall running, but I love Spring running even more — mainly because of the longer days! I get so much energy from that — and all the pretty flowers.
I love it when I can time a race with the changing leaves (and our anniversary is in October).
true! The long days in the spring are amazing. And just knowing that with each day, there is growth and more warmth
And not running related, I love spring thunderstorms!
Fall is also my favorite too! I know what you mean about the snow in the Winter. I don’t know how I didn’t mention it in my post about my fear of falling in the snow. Perhaps I have already forgotten about it?
Thank you for linking up with us!
I’ll never forget my fear of slipping, ha!
Wow that foliage is gorgeous! I love Fall, it’s the only New England season I miss.
I’ve never seen anyone run with ski goggles before. Is that to protect your eyes from snow blindness?
I don’t wear ski goggles as a norm, but I wore them on a VERY cold day (-14 I think) because my eyes were literally freezing! And they covered my face and yep, they helped with the snow reflections too!
Here in Phoenix we go inside during the summer and head out during the beautiful winter days, perfect for running. April is already getting hot as we have had several days in the high 90’s to low 100’s. Those fall colors are spectacular. That may have to be a destination marathon for me one day.
Wow, 100’s already! Gees…
Yes, you should do the Twin Cities Marathon! It’s the best
Oh, wow, those autumn pictures are beautiful!
And that Twin Cities marathon looks great. Autumn is a great season for marathons, much better than spring.
Breaking your leg on ice/snow must be a horrible experience – I’d stick to the treadmill as well!
I try to still get outside, but if its slippery at all, I’m much more comfortable in the safety of the basement on the treadmill, ha!
That Fall Foliage!!! Wow, look at those colours! We don’t get those popping colours here during Fall so I always love seeing photos of that. My best time to run is definitely Fall and Winter. Our winters are nice and crisp, but with blue sunny skies – no snow, no wind, no ice, just a whole lot cooler than summer which makes it so much more pleasant! The only negative is that it gets darker earlier so that limits running time in the evenings.
Nice and crisp with blue sunny skies sounds incredible! And I’m all about no snow…maybe that’s a sign that I need to move from Minnesota, ha!
I bet I would love fall running! Sadly, fall is just an extension of summer here, so… meh.
I am super jealous of seeing everyone’s beautiful pictures.
Well, we are all jealous of your warmth in our winter!