Winter training....
Runners- a nice breathable hat and cotton/wool gloves and you are good for chilly days. Then add some arm warmers which can be rolled down to your wrist once you warm up and/or a 2nd wicking shirt that you can leave at mile marker/parking lot if doing loops. Your hands are huge source of heat loss/gain that is why gloves in winter can make a bigger difference than warmer shirt. And why in summer the new special cold "cooler bottles" are so effective in keeping you from overheating. If you can afford it, a lightwgt wool shirt ,is great. They do not stink ( i wore one for a whole week in NC) and they breathe super. However they are terrible if windy
Cyclists- Again good gloves- frozen fingers do not work so well on brakes or shifters. For truly cheap warmth, i love the old European method of putting a newspaper under your jersey..The modern version is a mylar Fed Ex envelope that can be easily folded and stashed when you warm up.
I like a nice double walled water bottle (thinksports* and kleenkanteen*) for hot coffee on bike rides. Unfortunately, they do not have quick sip tops for use in running and i will not put hot liquid in plastic bottles.
There you go....luckily for us in florida, we only have a couple months to fret,,and most of the time can just wait until afternoon when things are warmer.
Runners- a nice breathable hat and cotton/wool gloves and you are good for chilly days. Then add some arm warmers which can be rolled down to your wrist once you warm up and/or a 2nd wicking shirt that you can leave at mile marker/parking lot if doing loops. Your hands are huge source of heat loss/gain that is why gloves in winter can make a bigger difference than warmer shirt. And why in summer the new special cold "cooler bottles" are so effective in keeping you from overheating. If you can afford it, a lightwgt wool shirt ,is great. They do not stink ( i wore one for a whole week in NC) and they breathe super. However they are terrible if windy
Cyclists- Again good gloves- frozen fingers do not work so well on brakes or shifters. For truly cheap warmth, i love the old European method of putting a newspaper under your jersey..The modern version is a mylar Fed Ex envelope that can be easily folded and stashed when you warm up.
I like a nice double walled water bottle (thinksports* and kleenkanteen*) for hot coffee on bike rides. Unfortunately, they do not have quick sip tops for use in running and i will not put hot liquid in plastic bottles.
There you go....luckily for us in florida, we only have a couple months to fret,,and most of the time can just wait until afternoon when things are warmer.
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