Hand warmers are the key. I don't go skiing without them.
You can also try wearing thick wool socks as gloves. I don't know why, but it seems to keep your hands warmer than mittens or gloves.
Hand warmers are the key. I don't go skiing without them.
You can also try wearing thick wool socks as gloves. I don't know why, but it seems to keep your hands warmer than mittens or gloves.
veganrunning wrote:
Even on a warm day, if I'm indoors and the A.C. is on, it will drive me to actually sit on my hands to warm them up, otherwise I'll begin to shiver. If it isn't sunny on a 60*F day outdoors, the same will happen.
I'm going to order true mittens, hand warmers, and anti-inflammatories, and try all these suggestions out to see differing results. In the interim, since weather conditions will be the same when I go out for my run today, I'll test out dipping my hands in hot water and coating them w/ Vaseline before heading out.
In my experience, the convertible glove/mittens don't work for the reasons others have pointed out, so true mittens will help. Make sure you get them large enough that they don't fit tight. Be sure to get some small zip lock baggies so you can reuse the hand warmers a couple of times, as described in my previous post.
Try wearing tight fitting gloves under mittens. If it's really cold and windy out, use the same set-up but form a fist rather than splaying your fingers inside the glove.
fisky wrote:
5. On really cold days, put a charcoal hand warmer in each glove. Immediately after you finish running, put the hand warmers into a zip lock bag and squeeze ALL the air out and then seal it. This stops the chemical reaction. You can use charcoal warmers up to three times doing this.
Do you have any specific brand recommendations for charcoal warmers? I'm not sure if the ones I see on Amazon are reusable that way. Is something like this with fuel what you mean?:
http://www.amazon.com/Celsius-Solid-Fuel-Hand-Warmer/dp/B00305KAUW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1420895586&sr=8-1&keywords=charcoal+hand+warmersveganrunning wrote:
It was ~20*F and about 15*F with windchill.
My dr has told me before that I have "poor circulation" -- makes 0 sense to me; I'm 19 and a runner with a low heart rate -- is that poor? I think it has more to do with my thinness and small body frame, as my mother suffers from the same type of issues.
Doctors are idiots.
It was cold out; of course your hands would be cold.
Wear gloves made from wool or wool blend, and having a nylon shell on the outside would help, similar to a windbreaker for your body. Be sure to keep your arms and head warm as well.