Quick question

[Vonhorn]

Does anyone else find the temperature outside effects there performance to run ?

If it’s really cold I feel my body aches more and I take longer to get into a nice running pace 😏🏃🏼‍♀️

[Hidden]

I ran a very steady 5 k on Wednesday and was unusually achy yesterday. I think that in the cold, muscles take longer to warm up. I’m going to start doing some pre warm up warm up to see if this helps next time out (if you see what I mean) 🏃🏾‍♀️

[Vonhorn in reply to Hidden]

Good idea 👍😄

[ju-ju- Graduate]

I find the heat the hardest to be honest. In this cold it's important to wrap up and keep those muscles all snug...

[mrrun Graduate in reply to ju-ju-]

True. Layer it and shed the top if it gets warm but in proper heat you are literary stuck with no way out. Heat could be a real bummer......hence pre-dawn runs

[IannodaTruffe Mentor]

Maybe do a dynamic warm up before leaving the house runnersworld.com/ask-coach-...

Cold air constricts the bronchial tubes, so breathing through a buff, or similar, prewarmed the air and can help.

[Nesha123 Graduate]

I used to feel like my lungs had frozen to ice! So I bought a buff scarf and find it much better now 😄

[misswobble Graduate]

It does me! I think the cold gets into to my hips and makes me slower

I have winter weight tights, Merino knickers, Merino top,which I’ve been tucking down my tights, Then a running gilet and then lightweight running jacket which comes well down and covers my butt.

You can generate much of a rhythmic pace when you are worried about ice and patches of old snow etc so no wonder we feel the cold more It won’t always be thus 😃

I always warm up in the house as well as the five or ten minute brisk warm up walk Get that body smoking hot before you open the front door 😁

[Vonhorn]

Thank you all for your reply’s, much appreciated 👍

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate]

As IannodaTruffe says, really warm up well..lay out stuff the night before and pop on the radiator just before leaving the house.. a BUFF is essential.. pull it up over your nos or your head as a hood.. simply wonderful!

Them really steady and slow..try to land lightly and gently Warm gear is the thing.. you can always peel off layers

[JoanneBrowne Graduate]

Yes, stick all your clothes and running jacket on the radiator and don’t put them on until you’re ready to walk straight out the door.

[mrrun Graduate]

I don't do anything but go out and freeze for the first 2-3K. This morning was cold with wind, my fingers hurt. After 3K l was comfortable, the sleeves were up (only had a long sleeve and a tank top over it), after 10K l took off the gloves and when l finished , after 15K, I felt absolutely fine. Then I stopped and walked to relax the muscles, all wet and short sleeved and the wind nearly froze me to death, lol.

By the time l reached the car l was ready to be defrosted.....

[Vonhorn in reply to mrrun]

Your a brave man , I felt cold just reading your post ❄️👍

[mrrun Graduate in reply to Vonhorn]

Hehe, nothing to do with bravery. All to do with pledge, persistence and discipline. I wanted to run, as l wanted to change, and l will stick to it no matter what.

Mind you, cold is easier than heat. I ran in high humidity and heat that didn't drop below 30c for three weeks in the summer, stuff that can hurt you seriously. In the cold you can get warm, in the heat you.....you get the picture?

[Vonhorn in reply to mrrun]

I was discussing the hot weather the other day , I started the challenge 2 months ago so iv only experienced autumn winter weather so iv still got spring and summer to go 😊

[mrrun Graduate]

Just like with cold, you need to plan your runs carefully. Running before dawn is a must in extreme heat or else you can suffer either cramps through dehydration or heat stroke.

In the end, when all planned and prepared you come out good.

I love both, which certainly helps!

[Pm3eak Graduate]

This is an interesting thread. I have always felt more comfortable exercising in the cold...possibly because I spent most of my working life outside, farming etc. I really struggle in hot weather-I overheat very quickly- and wonder how I will cope in such weather...probably have to run early. I am at my happiest in frozen conditions and at my most miserable on hot and humid Summer nights. Swimming has been my main sport for many years and warm pools are a real problem for me.

[Vonhorn]

Iv a feeling after all your threads I’m going to have to run morning or night when the hot weather arrives 😄