I have been *struggling* since moving back to Canada. New York has such mild winters that it was easy to run year round. Here it hovers around freezing a lot of daytime hours, so the (paved) running trail is covered in black ice 😬😬😬 I’m learning how weather affects the ability to run safely outdoors where I live, but it’s been a challenge. Plus, it’s cold!!!

So yeah. The ability to get my heart rate up as high as I want, indoors, quietly?

it also looks *so good*

manual said it’s made of “american ash” and I was like, I am made of canadian ash we will get along famously

@ashfurrow Nice! I've only gone running a few times in winter, but the cold air isn't good for my asthma unfortunately, so I need to do stuff indoors. I want to get exercise stuff, but it's really expensive.

@erinzer04 yeah, the air is rough for sure. I’ve never owned an exercise machine before, it was definitely a decision I made carefully 😬 it’s got a five-year warranty so hopefully this investment pays off.

@ashfurrow very nice! :D

@ashfurrow I miss the cold.

@gudenau see I told people before I moved home to Canada that I missed the cold and NO ONE understood me 😤

@ashfurrow @gudenau Minneapolis gets almost as cold as Canada away from the coasts.

2 years now and I *don't* miss the cold yet, just went for a nice 2 mile walk in a light jacket. In mid January. It was nice.

@RandomDamage @ashfurrow I grew up in Michigan and now I'm in the deep south of the US.

I prefer the rare -20F day over the rare 120F day.

@gudenau @ashfurrow Well, it is true that you can always put more clothes on.

@RandomDamage @gudenau yes exactly, exactly.