Both of them are absurdly Nice Guys who look like threats

This is my ex-linebacker bud, right down to the hyperawareness of his own hyperawareness of his physically imposing self.

Running depends on your instructor -- some never warm you up that way, others (which now seems to include me) will get folks running the second there's enough space.

Is it possible to do krav without the running? I've done no running whatsoever after a bad knee injury 13 years ago. And now with my bad ankle injury four years ago I have another reason to not run ever.

Also, I have just about the shittiest sense of balance in the universe - to the point where I failed a sobriety test while completely sober.

I can't imagine enjoying living somewhere it wasn't worth living despite the weather.

Prague was like that for me, hater of all things below 50. I didn't mind it because NEW!EXCITING! But also: End In Sight. I'd not move there year round.

Is it possible to do krav without the running?

By running I mean "around the room in circles" -- I'm an avid non-runner myself. And it really depends on what your teacher likes to do to get you heated.

There are also fatigue drills we do that involve running -- but they're not more than the length of the room. Most fatigue is generated by kicking or punching.

I failed a sobriety test while completely sober.

Oh, that's rough. Maybe you won't need to be dizzied up for some of the exercises.

We usually only get a bit of snow (some ice, too) and the odd tornado. Not much else.

Yeah, but I'm a native Californian, and tornados scare me much more than earthquakes. I've also lived through some really nasty snowstorms and even a firestorm when I lived in Spokane. I'll take my earthquakes.

A winter that involves driving on ice or packed snow more than, say, three times better have one hell of a wonderful city to make up for it.

Yeah, but I'm a native Californian, and tornados scare me much more than earthquakes.

We all seem to prefer our own natural disasters over all others -- I have a decade-long disagreement with some Cali friends about whether or not earthquakes are worse than hurricanes. Dude, at least we have time to buy ice and/or get out of the way.

Hurricanes are much less scary to me.

ETA: Holy crap! I just clicked on ita's link. Freaky. (And yet, not freaked by the pictures of boats in trees that show up when a hurricane passes through here. Huh.)

Hurricanes and blizzards are not that scary to me. I've never experienced an earthquake, but they seem creepy, and tornados look really scary.

Actually, I prefer packed snow to black ice and slush. But...only if ther are no other drivers. I'm safe on packed snow. The rest of the world is what scares me. (I learned all my snow driving techniques on pole-position sytle curvy mountain roads with unguardrailed dropoffs.)

But other than that really minor and unlikely-realized distinction, I agree with you, ita. And it needs to have heated seats in every venue and covered or underground walkways, and OH! 10 hours sun daily.

So I'm not moving any further north.