Originally Posted by
ken cummings
One way of dealing with really rotten cold and snow was used by Caalvin Congdon of Ohio when he went for the UMCA Centuries in a Year Record. When roads got bad he would stay on plowed roads closer to town. Sometimes he had to do many, many loops around a few blocks near his home but he got the miles in.
That's how I did it. You don't want to venture too far away from shelter when the temps start getting dropping well below freezing. In fact, my own policy is to remain within walking distance of shelter if at all possible.