We don’t really want to talk about it either but it’s inevitable… winter is coming. Winter seems to be the longest season in Chicago. Whether
it’s 22 degrees below zero or we’re buried in 8 inches of snow (or both…), runners often get frustrated with the difficulties in training
because of outside elements. If a runner wants to continue training during the winter months, his options are limited to an indoor track or a treadmill.
There are ways to maximize our training indoors as well as other things you can be doing during the winter months to prep your body for when the
weather finally turns and you can get back outside.

Strengthening is a vital piece to training all year and winter is an especially good time to focus on your full body strengthening. Joint mobility
and flexibility training are also great options to help pass the time and still benefit your running training. However, the most underutilized
training piece is technique work. The beauty of technique work is that it can be completed in any gym, on any treadmill or track, or even in the
comfort of your living room. Technique work involves improving your balance and proprioception (your understanding of how to move) and learning
how to utilized nature’s forces.

So during these long winter months, consult your local running technique specialist, join an RPM running club, or utilize the series of Pose videos
available on YouTube to help you perfect your running technique. You won’t have time for the winter
blues with all the great things you can be working on to prep for that first time you can get outside and run again.