Anyone wear a hat while running?

I wear one to protect my bald head from the sun year round and dear fly in the summer. Many hats are too small for me but these fits great. The womens hats are smaller.

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Only when forced by bad schedule to have an easyrun in noon time when the sun is pounding, Other wise I run in the early morning, so no need for that annoying thing on your head. I hate it. While doing interval sessions I always feel like the wind wants to push it backwards off my head.

In the winter though I run many times with a toque.

I wear a sombrero. It goes with my mariachi outfit.

Why not take advantage of the superior cooling of being able to sweat directly off your bald head? If you are worried about the sun, put sun blocker on it.

I wear a trucker hat and aviators, but really that's more for fashion.

Bad Wigins wrote:

Why not take advantage of the superior cooling of being able to sweat directly off your bald head? If you are worried about the sun, put sun blocker on it.

The only truly sweatproof sunblocks are so thick and gooey that they hardly even wash off in the shower. Typical pharmacy "sweatproof" sunblocks are totally ineffective by the end of a normal run.

I sweat pretty heavily on a long run, so I've tried several solutions.

Sweat Gutr: It's a silicon strip held on the head by elastic at the back. It works like a gutter to keep the sweat out of your eyes.

Halo Headband: I use this under my helmet when cycling. I wouldn't ride without it. It's thin about about 1 1/2 inches wide.

Visors: I usually wear a visor instead of a cap because they are cooler than a cap. They're also a little easier to tuck in the small of your back or carry if you decide don't want to wear it.

Tron wrote:

I never have but i find in the summer i sweat so much and constantly trying to wipe it away before it gets in my eyes.

If not a hat, any other recommendations on keeping sweat out of eyes?

This is precisely why I wear a hat. Sometimes I begin to get a bit of aerodynamic lift while running fast, but that is good as I feel like I am gliding through the air. A win-win all around. Go for it friend!

In Abrahamic traditions head covering is highly functional. In secular pastimes, hat wearing running correlate strongly with instafamousness. It signals maturity and control.

I do like visors, but as a bald guy, they only achieve half of what a hat achieves for me.

I've been really impressed by the Ciele hats. They are very light and also look pretty cool. I thought they were a bit pricey, but i wear it on almost every run now.

Bad Wigins wrote: If you are worried about the sun, put sun blocker on it.

I hate running covered with a layer of sweaty dissolving sunscreen even more than I hate running in a hat.

"Hind running hat" , bought 2 white ones at Marshell's for $9.99 each. Great hats (they sell out fast every time I see them....)

Bad Wigins wrote:

Why not take advantage of the superior cooling of being able to sweat directly off your bald head? If you are worried about the sun, put sun blocker on it.

Water evaporates from the hat too, so it stays cool, and sometimes it actually feels cooler to wear one when it's hot out (if it's thin, white, etc). Maybe it's because the sweat that drips doesn't have a chance to evaporate?

Unless your head is completely bald then it's hard to really get the sunblock in there on your scalp. Even if it is then the sunblock can drip down into your eyes and mouth and stuff.

I have two head sweats hats and love them. They are great. I love wetting them on hot days. Best cooling that I can have.

Ciele hats are my favorite. I have too many of them.They are very light, sweat wicking , provide UPF protection and they look nice and have cool color combos.

If it is really hot out and I know I will be sweating buckets, I also wear a hand band under my hat. I find the compressport headbands to be lightweight and thin enough to fit under my hat. They soak up tons of sweat.

jvarunner wrote:

Ciele hats are my favorite. I have too many of them.They are very light, sweat wicking , provide UPF protection and they look nice and have cool color combos.

If it is really hot out and I know I will be sweating buckets, I also wear a hand band under my hat. I find the compressport headbands to be lightweight and thin enough to fit under my hat. They soak up tons of sweat.

I have been wanting to buy one of these, but they are really pricey. I wasn't sure if they were just a street style thing. I will get one or two now and check them out. You gave me a reason to pull the trigger, thank you.

I run almost daily with a 99-cent bandana. I have like 20 of them. Not because I am cheap, but because they seem to work better than anything else. Plus, I look like a tough bandit.

A normal sweat band does nothing for me. It is soaked in 10 minutes and starts to move around on my head. A folded bandana will last at least 90 minutes on a 99-degree day before getting soaked.

I wear a hat or a visor. Headsweat Visors are very good.

I wear a sweatband.

No joke, seems like that's where 95% of my sweat comes from. .

That and it helps keep me from going blind with sweat running down my face.