The Running Thread --2025

[PrincessV]

Shoes, part 3: I’m back after trialing the Newton Fate 10 for 3.5 miles yesterday…

WOW!!!!! I have not had that much fun running in a long, long time. Perfect fit, including a solid lockdown without causing pain anywhere. Incredible ride - just the right amount of ground feel, bounce, cushion. Zero awkwardness when transitioning from run to walk and vice-versa. So light, I was totally unaware of them on my feet. A keeper, for sure!

 

[Jules76126]

I have run in Nike Pegasus for as long as I can remember. I do like 90% of my runs on a treadmill (thanks little kids), but I’ll be curious to see when I increase me mileage if these still work for me.

 

[Dopey 2020]

Shoes, part 3: I’m back after trialing the Newton Fate 10 for 3.5 miles yesterday…

WOW!!!!! I have not had that much fun running in a long, long time. Perfect fit, including a solid lockdown without causing pain anywhere. Incredible ride - just the right amount of ground feel, bounce, cushion. Zero awkwardness when transitioning from run to walk and vice-versa. So light, I was totally unaware of them on my feet. A keeper, for sure!

That’s great! Time to watch for the new model price drop in the future and buy out all the stock you can find.

 

[PrincessV]

That’s great! Time to watch for the new model price drop in the future and buy out all the stock you can find.

Unfortunately, that rarely works with Newton: they produce so little inventory, they routinely sell out (at full price, or if you’re lucky a small sale) of what’s been made long before a new model comes along. As it is I’m stuck with a colorway I wouldn’t pick if I had a choice, but the others sold out already.

 

[marty3d]

I have run in Nike Pegasus for as long as I can remember. I do like 90% of my runs on a treadmill (thanks little kids), but I’ll be curious to see when I increase me mileage if these still work for me.

Pegasus have been my go to for shorter/ faster training runs for years - love them - but I don't like them for any distances greater than 10k. But I run 95% of my <10k runs in them. (except in wet/ winter weather).

 

[marty3d]

I really like their grip on a dirt/rock surface and their lugs hold pretty well in snow and mud. They provide a good foot base and I feel really secure in them in slippery environments. This is important to me as a bigger runner and having a little anxiety around re-injury of my ankle. It was several years ago and I should let it go but I just can’t seem to…

The only down fall to them from my perspective is they feel a bit heavy.

Just ordered a pair of(well - actually 2 because I'm not 100% locked in on size) as they were on sale. Looking forward to trying them!

 

[jmasgat]

Cross training, Michigan style. (Enough snow to just ski from my suburban house to my little local park)

 

[Baloo in MI]

@jmasgat another beautiful day in Michigan! On my run today I stopped a few times trying to capture the view from the trail near my house - not sure I did, but here is February running in Michigan!

 

[flav]

@jmasgat another beautiful day in Michigan! On my run today I stopped a few times trying to capture the view from the trail near my house - not sure I did, but here is February running in Michigan!
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I asked DH where he thought these pictures were taken and he answered “in the little woods by the river where we ran this morning.” I thought it looked exactly the same too but we are over 1000km from it!

 

[flav]

QOTD: Do you get cold after your run?

I am someone who tolerates cold temperatures very well. I use light jackets in winter, often leaving them opened. I run with a polar fleece hoodie over a long sleeve tech shirt at -12°C and end up soaked. When I stop running and am back inside at home, I often become very cold unless I go straight to the shower to remove the humidity. That happens summer or winter (the house is still at about 21°C). And by cold I mean that my fingers get numb and I might even start shivering. The shower won’t fix the numbness, it comes from inside. It is worst if I eat or drink. I am suspecting low blood pressure after a run. Anybody else have this problem?

 

[FlyingDonut]

ATTQOTD:

I get chilly after runs, but don't live in nearly as cold a climate as some of you! In the summer I'll just back off the AC after the shower. In the winter I have a very comfortable flannel fleece shirt from Costco.

I've only experienced numbness as a function of cold outside. The shower gets rid of it for me.

 

[jmasgat]

When I come home, after about 30 min (and nothing to do with clothing/sweat rate during run/etc), I will feel somewhat chilled, which I attribute to the physiology of thermoregulation. It's not unusual, nor is it a signal--for me--that anything is wrong. As for eating--I sometimes notice I can feel cold if I go for walk afterwards. A case of blood flow diverted to aid digestion.

But @flav, I have never had numbness or had it be something that didn't resolve with a hot shower.

 

[RuntheMouse]

ATTQOTD: I, like @flav am good while running in cold temps but have issues quickly after my run. I sweat a lot due to a medication I am on and also have Raynauds from another one. When I get home from a winter run, I immediately have to strip off all my running clothes and put something dry on. Then after I rehydrate and eat something I can get in the shower. If I don’t get out of those clothes immediately, I am chilled to the bone and shivering for the rest of the day. It sucks, but once I got my system down, life improved dramatically!

 

[Professor_Cookie]

Attqotd: generally I am fine if I am prepared. But I’ve had long runs where I curl up under a blanket shivering after my shower. Don’t think that’s a good thing, or necessarily a bad thing. Just a thing.

 

[Baloo in MI]

ATTQOTD:
Sorry if this is gross - after I run my dogs always meet me at the door to give me kisses - hot run, cold run both my dogs insist. My lab often sits in my lap if I get down on the floor. No chance that I ever get cold my lab is a furry, mobile heater!

 

[Erika10021]

ATTQOTD:
If it's been a cold run, I do get very cold but usually not shivering. Jumping into a hot shower helps a ton. But then I'll eat something and get cold again.

 

[LorrieAnn5]

I have Raynauds so sometimes I don't get the chilled, numb, white fingers during the run, but afterward ive been home for a bit. Hot shower is not the solution, actually if I remember correctly, I think it's against medical recommendation to get in a hot shower at that time, but i typically go against that advice. I shower anyway knowing it won't solve my problem immediately.
My fingers are the more common problem, but I do experience it in my toes sometimes too. Raynauds occurs more frequently for me in cold weather, but I've experienced it year round at times.

 

[PrincessV]

ATTQOTD: Yep. I have both Raynaud’s and Hashimoto’s AND am “of a certain age” - my internal temperature regulation is rubbish. About an hour after every run, and lasting for hours after that, I feel the opposite of whatever I just ran in. So if it was cold out, I’ll feel overheated for hours after. If it was warm out, I’ll feel very cold for hours after.

 

[avondale]

QOTD: Do you get cold after your run?

I am someone who tolerates cold temperatures very well. I use light jackets in winter, often leaving them opened. I run with a polar fleece hoodie over a long sleeve tech shirt at -12°C and end up soaked. When I stop running and am back inside at home, I often become very cold unless I go straight to the shower to remove the humidity. That happens summer or winter (the house is still at about 21°C). And by cold I mean that my fingers get numb and I might even start shivering. The shower won’t fix the numbness, it comes from inside. It is worst if I eat or drink. I am suspecting low blood pressure after a run. Anybody else have this problem?

ATTQOTD: Yes!

I do have Raynaud's which is what you may be experiencing with the fingers going numb. Raynaud's also tends to make me feel colder generally overall.

I like to be on the edge of cold when I run, but then that means I'm definitely cold when I finish. I don't always shiver, but sometimes. I have an extremely thick cardigan (even the arms are thick) that would otherwise suffocate me that I put on after a run. I also get under a heated blanket. I will be on the verge of shivers for about 2.5 hours, and then suddenly BOOM! I am normal again and smotheringly hot inside all of those layers.

This extreme is in the winter, but in the summer, I do bundle up in long pants and cardigan plus the heated blanket because I'm freezing in our 74 F air-conditioned house.

 

[Mr_Incr3dible]

ATTQOTD: Yes!

I do have Raynaud's which is what you may be experiencing with the fingers going numb. Raynaud's also tends to make me feel colder generally overall.

I like to be on the edge of cold when I run, but then that means I'm definitely cold when I finish. I don't always shiver, but sometimes. I have an extremely thick cardigan (even the arms are thick) that would otherwise suffocate me that I put on after a run. I also get under a heated blanket. I will be on the verge of shivers for about 2.5 hours, and then suddenly BOOM! I am normal again and smotheringly hot inside all of those layers.

This extreme is in the winter, but in the summer, I do bundle up in long pants and cardigan plus the heated blanket because I'm freezing in our 74 F air-conditioned house.

Wow. I had no idea any of this existed. I finish a run and I’m hot and sweaty, even in cooler temperatures and will be dumping heat for quite some time. Finishing and being cold (unless it’s really cold and damp after crossing a finish line) is just an alien concept. Thanks for the info.