The amount of sweating can be an individual thing, or can even change with
practice. I once saw a runner running in 10F in one of these races, with a
T-shirt and shorts and drenched in sweat during most of the race.
Apparently, early on your body burns carbohydrates at a very fast rate
(which generates a lot of water since carbohydrates are tied with water in a
ratio of 1:5, hence releasing a lot of water) and then later on runs out of
carbohydrates which stops your sweating and now you have hard time keeping
warm. My body must burn carbohydrates more slowly because it takes me a
while to sweat and only very little in cold weather and consistent during
the hours of running. I just need to keep my hands and head covered and
don't get excessively hot or cold or sweaty or dry.
As Ken pointed out, wearing clothes that allow the sweat to be carried out
of the body is important too.
Sweating a lot can be a problem if you are carrying a camera in your hands
or pocket. It is hard to keep the sweat out of the camera. I bring a
zip-log bag to protect my camera if sweat or rain could be a problem.
One problem that runners face in long runs in cold weather is that the water
or Gatorade that they carry tends to freeze so you are left without anything
to drink. Running alone in remote trails in very cold weather is dangerous.
If you have an accident and stop running, you get cold quickly. If you
don't have a new battery in your cell phone (or even if you do) it might run
out due to the cold. With cold fingers you might not be able to dial
numbers. You can get into serious trouble quickly, so the advice is to
always run with company, take precautions and let people know where you are.
George
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From: Willie Wonka
Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2011 2:27 PM
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [OM] Taking pictures while running
I guess you dont sweat much or have an infinite source of heat.
I have never raced in my entire life, but often run. When its that cold (20
and below), my clothes are drenched with sweat by mile four. I run in a
very light jacket and a tee underneath.
Between mile 11 and 13 depending how much wind we have that day, I am having
trouble keeping up warm, unless I change the tshirt and the jacket or put on
three sweaters underneath. RI is a very, very windy place...and some of the
wet parts of the clothes freeze while on you.
I use several loops around the house for longer runs. In the winter I stop
to change, in the summer I stop to spray myself with the garden hose..:)
Best
Boris
Subject:
Re: [OM] Taking pictures while running
From:
"George Themelis" <george@xxxxxxxxx>
Date:
Tue, 18 Jan 2011 09:41:12 -0500
We live in an area with nice trails and trail races are rather common here.
There are at least 2x 50 mile races (one in the summer and one in the
winter) and one 100 mile race (for which I have signed up already, it is in
August). I run about 2 "ultramarathons" a year, starting 3 years ago. I
have not run 100 miles yet. My ultimate goal is to run the Spartathlon, a
160 mile race from Athens to Sparta.
For this particular winter trail race I changed shoes once (after 18 miles)
but still got a few blisters due to running with wet socks. That's the only
change.
My best time running 50K in a trail (running in trails is significantly
slower than running in roads because of obstacles and a lot of
uphills/dowhills) is 5 hours. So this 1:20 extra time accounts for the
winter conditions (slippery snow, etc).
Trail running involves a lot of walking. Most runners walk the uphills.
This give you more time to take pictures :) There are aid stations every
5-8 miles where you get to eat, drink and refill your bottle.
After the race I eat well, drink a beer or two and take a nap :)
About the pictures, there are still in my camera!!! I only took a few.
When the sun came out a couple of times and saw a nice row of snow covered
trees with the sun shinning between them, it was time to take the camera
out. Or, when I was running behind a cute female runner with beautiful
form, that was time for a picture too. (I should mention that older male
runners run at about the same pace as young female runners, which is a very
nice thing, a gift from mother nature :))
I hope that's enough details for now :) :)
George
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