Running on Ice

Maintaining your trail running through the winter months can be a real challenge. You can don a pair of snowshoes of course but this can be overkill when traveling on well-trodden hiking trails that are closer to luge tracks than ski runs. The solution is a light, rubberized crampon that quickly slips over your running shoe and makes ice running a breeze. Ray and I used these as we traversed the glare ice of Lake Baikal last year and I always keep them in my pack on my winter runs. 
Today's run was 1.5hrs on the icy trails of the Lynn Valley.