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[Posting on behalf of /u/Percinho who is busy trying on his new tri suit that he got on Black Friday sale]
I have a friend who absolutely will not run in the winter. He loves the heat. As in, he’ll go for runs at noon in the middle of the summer. He just won’t run in the winter and will do other things.
Your friend is built different. More power to him because I could never!
Yeah, more power to him. I’m with you. If I can’t get out the door before the sun’s up in the summer, I ain’t running outside. I actually (unintentionally) took most of this summer off and just strength trained and occasionally did some treadmill runs. I lost aerobic fitness, but I feel stronger and like my body can withstand more now. Just have to work up to where I was when I stopped in the spring.
I have no experience with this, but I feel like if you wanted to cut back in the summer, you could maintain your cardiovascular gains by doing other aerobic exercise, like swimming, biking, hiking (although that’s also hot), or exercise in others ways that you enjoy and might not get to do when you’re running more.