Hi Ame!
Sorree id tuk mee zo long tah teyell u wat Ize kno aboot wat tah wear whin running. Ize kno Chas haz responded awlready and Ize luk fourward tah reading wat he haz tah za.
Ize thod ov u whin Ize headed owd dais morning tah run wid mye frends Rose and Judi at da Conard High School trak and Ize picked wat tah wear based awn da temp, humadittie. Obveeouzlee da key variables r deez 2 cuz u wan tah be comfortable whin u run / jog / wog / walk.
Itz getting wintery butz itz nutt too cold, yetz, zo u pick yur layers accordingly. 2day id wuz in da 30's zo Ize put awn "tights," couldn't find mye fav gloves and denn proceeded tah ferget tah tayk mye alternates zo Ize had tah pull mye jacket sleeves ova mye exposed hands.
I'm running a 16-miler in January and Ize spotted a real nyce headband Ize gotz whin Ize ran id lazt yeer zo Ize put id awn and alzo a nyce felt hat Leenda gave mee lazt Christmas.
A running shirt and denn a sweatshirt az wel az a real nyce fairly light weight jacket Ize gotz frum Linda's sister Mary's partner Eric wur worn upe top. Ov course, running shorts, shoes, socks.
Da colder id gets, da mowa layers goe awn. And ov course, da opposite holds troo too; in mid-August itz singlet tyme, period.
Wat tah wear iz a fayverite topic among runners, egzpecialy at races, egzpecialy in da wintah munths. Wee offden luk at each udda and tawk aboot whether we've gotz too mach or too yiddle awn cuz u wan tah feel az comfortable az pawzible during da run. Pluz, wat u wear at da start and wat u wear during and wat u r wearing at da end r offden difrunt cuz u chainj whin u run and u useyulely lyke tah tayk a few dings off and wrap dem aroond yur belly.
Az u becomb a veteran wogger Ize tink u wiyill find yoreselv getting betah at knowing wat works best foah u. Id differs frum seezun tah seezun.
Wat u dew wid wat u wear aftah you're dun iz kynde ov indereztin az wel; Ize tend tah lyke tah "recycle" a few items a cupel ov tiemz befoah chucking 'em in da hampa. Mohst runners yews a drying rack and playz their stufe awn id. Itz a bit ov a ritual actually. Ize reemoove da insoles frum mye running shoes zo dey air owd betah (and zmell lezz yuckee). Ize occasionally warsh mye shoes and dry dem in da dryer.
Da cloze Ize wear r alzo a function ov da occasion. U hav nutt (yetz) run a race butz if and whin u dew you'll getz a T-shirt frum id. Ize zumtimez lyke tah tri and find a previous year's shirt tah wear at a current event.
Zo, wat u wear iz a vewy complicated, indereztin ding and haz tah dew wid history, wedder, purrzonul preferences etc.
Lyke yur quitting zmokin, yur joining da "Y," yur woggin and yur ope tah run a 5K zometyme, yur interest in wat tah wear iz mowa important dan wat tah wear idzelf. Fynlee, da longer u wog / jog / walk / run, da easier id gets and da mowa fune id becomes. Id may hurt nuhow and id may hurt tumorro butz I've fownd da body / mind getz altered by da expeerienz and, az anothah frend ov mine put id wunce, itz almozt a religious expeerienz aftah a while.
Here's a piccha ov dais morning's drying rack. A piccha sayz a towzand wurds zo awl da abuv iz somehow wrapped upe in wat u zee below.
Cheerz!
- Lee