how so tan wrote:
No, Colorado is cold. You’re not in t-shirts and shorts every day to develop a tan. What are they doing?
High in Boulder today was 40 and it's supposed to be in the 50's next week. That's totally shorts and t-shirt weather what are you talking about. Even here in Minnesota I went in a t-shirt and shorts the other day.
how so tan wrote:
uhhh guys? wrote:
This is kind of a silly question, isn't it? How are pro runners so tan? Hmmm ... what makes pale skinned people tan? Lemme think... ummmmm ...
Obviously not the sun in Portland and Colorado. Shocked that anyone still uses tanning beds, but maybe they do.
Hey idiots, just because it's cold doesn't mean the sun isn't shining. Not that it's even been cold in colorado...
how so tan wrote:
There’s no way runners in places like Portland and Colorado are getting their tan from the sun in the winter. What are they doing? How are runners from non-sunny climates so tan? It’s obviously fake.
Your assumption is understandable but incorrect. It doesn't have to be sunny or hot for UV exposure to happen. Portland is at 45 deg North - it's like southern France, Northern Italy, Croatia, Crimea. Places where Europeans used to go to take sun baths (quite a few are not afraid of skin cancer and still do); all of them are also wine-growing regions as well as Oregon and grapes need a lot of solar energy to grow.
Clouds generally block from 30 to 70 percent of UV radiation so if you spend 12 hours per week running in cloudy weather it's like 6 hours which is still a lot. You're also bound to catch some sunny days. At 45N you're probably still running mostly in daylight even in winter, perhaps using less sunscreen. And that's even before you go to train in Eastern African or South American mountains near equator which is an option when you're a pro.
For some anecdotal evidence, I live in St Petersburg, Russia. November to February we have the sun barely pop out in the sky for 5-7 hours and there are on average 75 sunny days per year (144 for Portland). You hardly ever see UV index different from 0, anything over 1 absolutely never. Locals are mostly pale as vampires. I'm not even a pro but I train up to 10-12 hours per week when preparing for a race and I'm about as tan as (local) people who use tanning beds or spend vacations in Thailand. Maybe less so by March, but generally year round, and I would probably be paler compared to and average white Californian, but you get the idea.
n9 wrote:
[quote]how so tan wrote: I'm not even a pro but I train up to 10-12 hours per week when preparing for a race and I'm about as tan as (local) people who use tanning beds or spend vacations in Thailand.
This is right. The OP's question is weird. It's not just pro runners who are tan; it's basically all runners. I lived in MN and I was tan all winter, even wearing sunscreen daily. If you spend any significant amount of time outside, it doesn't matter that the sun isn't quite as intense as in the summer; you're still getting a lot of UV.
Tanned.
Yeah not to pile on but it's been like 50-60 most days here in Colorado Springs. Very unusually warm for this time of year, but even so we usually get a fair amount of winter days that are warm enough for running in short sleeves. Also the sun at elevation is way more intense, warms you up real good.
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