Technique for running on ice
 

What is the optimal technique for walking fast/running on ice? I tend to stiffen my legs a fair amount.

I think this is because with stiffer legs, you can't rapidly apply force in a different direction, so you can't break free as easily. This method also "feels" much more stable, I guess because your brain/inner ear is more balanced.

Anyone from, like, Montana care to settle this?

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Intoxicated. You don't care if you fall and when you do it doesnt hurt as much.

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Intoxicated. You don't care if you fall and when you do it doesnt hurt as much.

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This didn't occur to me, though I do have a lot of experience with it.

Re: Technique for running on ice
 

I'm from upstate NY and try to avoid walking on ice whenever possible. However when i do i like to go with a sort of skating/walking method.

I dont ice fish or anything so I rarely go out on large bodies of ice without skates. When I do its for challanges of who can walk down the stream the longest without falling through the ice. This is most fun in March/April when the loser only makes it about 50 meters or so.

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I've gone to school in syracuse, NY for three years, and go running in the cold. not so much on frozen lakes if that's what you mean, just frozen sidewalks. I recommend keepin your torso over your feet as much as possible. also remember that surface area does not change the coefficient of friction, just try to get a good angle and maintain balance.

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Intoxicated. You don't care if you fall and when you do you dont realize you broke your wrist until the morning .

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I've gone to school in syracuse, NY for three years, and go running in the cold. not so much on frozen lakes if that's what you mean, just frozen sidewalks. I recommend keepin your torso over your feet as much as possible. also remember that surface area does not change the coefficient of friction, just try to get a good angle and maintain balance.

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Well done.

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I recommend keepin your torso over your feet as much as possible.

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This is an important point that I didn't recognize, though I suspect I'm doing it innately, to a certain extent.

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also, if you're walking/running downhill, try to lean forward slightly. this way your feet are less likely to swing out from under you.

the idea of thinking this deeply about walking on ice is funny to me somehow.

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In Georgetown, where I go to school, people NEVER shovel their sidewalks, so they're always covered in ice. Basically, i got with a kind of slip-n-slide method, where I don't really walk so much as slide across the ice.