Waterproofs 😂

[Hedghog]

Today i did W7R2, the first run ive done in the rain. I got soaked 🤣🤣🤣 My top half was ok but my tracky bottoms were waterlogged 😆 Ive googled running clothes and found loads of tops and jackets suitable for the rain but not found any bottoms. Could anyone recommend any? Thanks 😍

[UnfitNoMore Graduate]

Tracksuit bottoms are only gonna get wet and heavy... I’m still in shorts but running tights/leggings are the way to go. Shorts over the tights for guys, they don’t hide much 😂

Great job getting it done in the cold November rain... there’s a song in there somewhere.

[Hedghog Graduate in reply to UnfitNoMore]

It wasnt raining when i set off, the halfway bell tinkled and the heavens opened haha! 🌧🌧🌧

I have some running tights but as it was cold went for tracky bottoms. I assumed that if the tights got even light rain they would soon be wet and cold, but maybe ill give them a go, thanks 😊

[UnfitNoMore Graduate in reply to Hedghog]

They’ll be better... they’re kinda a part of you already so while they’ll get wet they won’t cling and hang heavy, and if it stops raining your body heat will dry them pretty quickly, at least on the legs.

[Hedghog Graduate in reply to UnfitNoMore]

Thanks, this makes perfect sense 😊

[cheekychipmunks Graduate]

There’s not much you can do to remain dry running in the rain unless you wear non-breathable waterproofs. No thank you! They’d be like being in sauna. 🥵

I tend to wear as little as comfortably possible, but plan my route so I arrive back as close to my car as possible so I can get my jacket on asap.

So maybe a thin waterproof running jacket over a light running top with shorts and/or tights? Then whip off the jacket if you get too hot (like me) and tie it round your waist?

Enjoy your running! 👍

[Hedghog Graduate in reply to cheekychipmunks]

Lol i googled waterproof bottoms, omg the results looked like wearing black charity bags on your legs 🤣🤣🤣

[theoldfellow]

The key to this is to let the layers over legs get wet and then let your body-heat warm the wet.

The important thing is to keep the body-core warm, if you don't do this you risk hypothermia (which at the very least is unpleasant - I speak from experience, but can be fatal). The worst thing about early stage hypothermia is that it makes you stupid - so you usually make bad decisions.

It's usually not the wet that gets you, but the wind. The wet makes the heat transfer to the moving air faster. So the target is to keep the body-core warm, and use the legs as the radiator more than usual.

So a thin waterproof & windproof jacket over a wicking top, and then warm tights that you just accept get wet through. Waterproof gloves are also useful, and hat (especially if like me, you are hair-challenged).

A few weeks ago we had a parkrun here in Keswick with the path under 10 inches of flowing cold water in places, and torrential rain. After the first 500 metres I was too hot and had to take my hat and gloves off. Shoes needed the full stuffed-with-newspaper-insoles-out treatment to get them dry for the next run. I almost beat my best time, and the camaraderie was great.

[Hedghog Graduate in reply to theoldfellow]

Oh wow im not sure i would have coped in those conditions 😨 Thanks for the advise, im going to give the tights a go.

*waterproof jacket added to Christmas list* 🎄😆😆😆