This is timely! It should be in the upper 60's when I run tonight and I don't know what to wear. I am probably an over dresser as the weather starts to get warmer.. but there were a few times this winter when I thought 40F was warm and it was not. And I froze.QOTD: Now that Spring is slowly starting to appear for some of us, let's talk about how you dress for warmer weather. Are you an overdresser? Underdresser? Or are you good at dressing exactly for the weather?
I am not a normal hot tea drinker, but don't dislike it. I enjoy unsweetened iced tea or a shaken tea lemonade from Starbs. When I was in China, we did a tea tasting with a million different kinds of tea, which got me really excited for a while about tea... but that lasted until I was reunited with coffee.Bonus: Let's talk tea! Are you a tea drinker? How do you take your tea? Any favorites?
QOTD: Now that Spring is slowly starting to appear for some of us, let's talk about how you dress for warmer weather. Are you an overdresser? Underdresser? Or are you good at dressing exactly for the weather?
Bonus: Let's talk tea! Are you a tea drinker? How do you take your tea? Any favorites?
Tangent story: I told this in another thread, but I am now long pantsless until next winter because THOSE heavier pants also gave out at the inner thigh seam during that run! I remember putting them on that morning and seeing a thread starting to come loose and thinking guess this is the last year for these pants (both pairs of pants I got in winter 2015-2016, so they've done some work), and then as I was running I felt like I was getting chafed, which should not happen in pants, and realized I had a great big gaping hole. I was running 4 pre-miles before I met up with my group to do 4 more, and I had to change my route so I could run into CVS and buy some safety pins and pin my pants back together in the bathroom, which was not easy because I was completely overheated due to overdressing, so I was a sweaty mess between that and suddenly being in the heated indoors. I've got sweat pouring off my head and into my eyes and all over my hands while I'm trying to pin my pants in the bathroom. Then, that detour made me late because I went into CVS apparently right when it opened and I could not find a soul in the store to sell me these pins (or tell me where to actually find them in the store) for about 5 minutes. I was trying to keep my pace at easy/LR as I'm trying to not be late and I was also shedding safety pins out of the stupid package everywhere onto the sidewalk because I ended up buying a pack of 100 pins for $1 and it was one of those plastic things with a cardboard backing you peel back. I was trying to hold it closed as I ran, but the pins were somehow working their way out the sides. The lady had asked me if I needed some tape too and I should have thought to buy some medical tape to cover the pins because I put the pins on the inside of the seam so they wouldn't snag the other leg of the pants, but those pins dug some wicked holes in my inner thigh that I had to bandage up for a week afterwards and I still have scars from! People reading this are probably thinking, what kind of runner doesn't have 800 safety pins in their car from bib pickups!? But I just got a new car in February and I have only run one race since then and I used my RaceDots for it, so my car is a safety pin free zone right now!
Yes! Although it has been ok for capris after that incident thankfully. My legs have not been TOO too cold. I just need it to get a little warmer to remedy the shirt situtation. I was actually able to run in a short sleeve shirt on Friday! Maybe spring is actually coming!So basically... you really need spring weather!
(Also ... grr. Stupid pants.)
I'm trying to make a decision on a race for next weekend and wanted to see what your thoughts on the situation would be.
I am a bit unusual in that I greatly prefer trail to road runs. I also don't like 5Ks in general. That makes the HM an easy decision for me, depending on the type of trail.
This all may be very old, elementary info for you, and if so, I apologize....... What I would ask is if the course is single-track dirt or a wider crushed limestone type path. An HM on single track (as the name implies just wide enough for one runner at a time) can be very tough and often includes roots, stones, dry/wet creek crossings, etc. An HM on a wider crushed limestone path generally free of roots and large stones can be terrific; in fact I'm looking forward to doing another one in two weeks. So perhaps skip if single track and go for it if wider trail.
Trail finishing times are often greater than pavement pounding times, so if you do it just take it a bit easier and enjoy your surroundings.
That name seems correct. No way I would do that.So, I signed up for a new-to-me race back home for July ... it's the Hell's Half-Acre 25K. It's a night race that is offering a 5K/25K/50K - it's basically a 3.1-mile loop on the trail down by the river that starts at 10 p.m. I'm kind of excited to do something a little different, even though at 10 p.m. in Texas in July it will still legit be 90 degrees.