You are so missing out on the excellent grip and thus confidence that fell running/orienteering studs would give you for a quality run, as opposed to training slowly to race slowly.
That giggle after he dropped it was gold 
FYI - The audio does not align to the caption, that’s for damn sure LOL
Did you use flat or rounded heads? Do you screw them in all the way? If you do that with a flat headed screw, I think nothing would really protrude out of the outsole? Do you need something to protrude to get improved traction?
The one time that I made my own, I used these
I figured that the hex shape would be “grippier”
Turned out that the streets never got snowy/icy enough to make them worthwhile, and I never used them
Yep, Randy’s got it - those are sheet metal screws with hex heads, and exactly what I used (but 3/8” rather than 1/2”). You screw them all the way in, and yes you absolutely must have something protruding for it to provide grip. Here’s a pair from a few years ago:
Thanks @mistressk and @RandMart
Couldn’t find a good pic of 3/8" on the Lowe’s app LOL
Besides, what’s 1/8" between friends, right?
Meanwhile, not that much further north..
It snowed from Thursday through Sunday the week before last, and we didn’t get a plow on our street until Saturday night. By that time, the snow had hardened under the many vehicle wheels into a lumpy, ridged topography of ice that the plow didn’t touch. We had more snow yesterday, with freezing rain on top, then a hard freeze last night.
This is apparently an acceptable state for a sidewalk on a bus route with rent-controlled housing along it in which multiple elderly folks who use mobility aids reside.
Even Tillie looks disgusted, and that wee shite doesn’t even have to go outside!
(I have been getting by just using trail shoes, but may throw on my ExoSpikes for this evening’s ramble as I have a hockey game at 10 tonight, and nearly tore my groin twice last night when my foot slipped out on icy patches)
Winter is a great time to run slow. (But it’s not for everybody)
The main benefit is that it forces you to actually take a base period over the winter. Up here in the north, the window to host triathlons is really only 3-4 months of the year, and so this tends to naturally lend itself to specific training phases.
Long and slow during the winter
Add some intensity once things melt in March
Race readiness june-Sept
Offseason Oct/Nov
Highly recommend the flat head screws in running shoes for winter running over mixed snow ice and paved road surfaces.
They work really well. The flat head screws grip into ice when you’re running hard but are flat and durable enough to last on pavement.‘I was shocked and amazed when I could do intervals on some really otherwise sketchy surfaces.
I’m either of the above, depending on the day - sometimes just an effect of having brought run kit to the office based on the forecast weather that doesn’t actually match the conditions.
Lots of ice about on the trails this weekend, and on the sidewalks around my house. Spikes are getting a workout!
