What should I wear? Was shooting for 3:00 but not sure that's doable anymore. Was thinking gloves, stocking cap, shorts with wind briefs underneath, and a medium thickness long sleeve tech. I'd have an extra long sleeve on that I would throw away a mile in or so. If the wind chill gets much lower I may switch to tights and a lightweight short sleeve over the long sleeve.
That sounds like ideal marathon weather!
Wear:
Singlet
Shorts
Arm warmers
Hat
Gloves
And you'll be plenty warm.
Chilly Marathon wrote:
What should I wear? Was shooting for 3:00 but not sure that's doable anymore. Was thinking gloves, stocking cap, shorts with wind briefs underneath, and a medium thickness long sleeve tech. I'd have an extra long sleeve on that I would throw away a mile in or so. If the wind chill gets much lower I may switch to tights and a lightweight short sleeve over the long sleeve.
You have a solid plan. Stick to it.
Don't make any changes the night before the race from some goof here. You made your choice based on your experiences, don't change it based on someone else's you don't know.
Best of luck,please report back and let us know how you did. Rest up and go kill it!!
Speedo and a plain white T-shirt (the rattier the better) On the shirt, take a Sharpie Pen and trace your hand and draw a turkey. Write "Gobble Gobble M0therF@cker" underneath the Turkey.
Weather will make your race goals questionable, so have some fun.
I like your idea of having some ditchable clothing on top. Tear away basketball sweats for the bottom would be awesome, but guessing you don't have those.
Counsel seeker wrote:
That sounds like ideal marathon weather!
Wear:
Singlet
Shorts
Arm warmers
Hat
Gloves
And you'll be plenty warm.
Ignore ^this^ dope or you will freeze.
I'd wear tights or some disposable bottoms of some sort. 20 deg is not a little chilly, it is straight up cold. Esp in OK wind.
How much into the wind the course is will be huge if its windy. Anytime you turn into the wind you will freeze.
Dude, I am sure this is obvious, but wear as many layers of clothes you don't care about as possible and bring an old blanket you don't care about and wear it for as long as possible before the gun goes off.
801 dude wrote:
I'd wear tights or some disposable bottoms of some sort. 20 deg is not a little chilly, it is straight up cold. Esp in OK wind.
How are tights disposable bottoms? Ideal would be some kind of windbreaker bottoms that can be taken off
Hardloper wrote:
801 dude wrote:I'd wear tights or some disposable bottoms of some sort. 20 deg is not a little chilly, it is straight up cold. Esp in OK wind.
How are tights disposable bottoms? Ideal would be some kind of windbreaker bottoms that can be taken off
Those are 2 seperate things. He wasn't calling tights disposable.
I ran the Disney Marathon in 2010 when the temperature never climbed above 30 degrees. ( yes, in Orlando, Florida!) starting temps were in the low 20's.
I typically never wear tights/leggings despite how cold it gets. I just go with shorts.
#1) I suffered from "junk numbness" because my little boy got so dang cold. During the run, I picked up a discarded glove from the course to put on my hand and I put my glove in the front of my shorts as a wind breaker.
#2) I had a tight tech top, a looser long sleeve tech top and a vest that I could zip around my neck. I wore a sweatshirt in the corral to stay warm and ended up NOT taking it off until about 16 miles. I finally took it off because it got heavy as it was caked in ice as my sweat froze. About a mile later, I was so cold that I picked up the next sweatshirt I saw on th side of the road, shook the ice out of it and put it on!
#3) be very careful running through the aid stations. Water/ sport drink that was spilled on the ground quickly froze make a very thin/dangerous sheen of ice.
#4) I shave my head, so I had to wear a hat. Ocassionally, I took my hat off,shook the ice off it (including the icicles hanging from the brim) and put it back on.
So here's the recap clothing wise and race wise: Start temp was 23, finish temp 26. Winds generally light between 5-10. Went with shorts and wind briefs, long sleeve tee, thin stocking cap, and fairly thick running gloves. Had a short sleeve over the long sleeve that I threw off at about mile 3.
Adverse affects from the cold: fingers on left hand numb from mile 15 on due to wind direction and various spilled Gatorade and water. Toes lost quite a bit of feeling at about mile 15 as we'll, felt like club feet. Probably mainly mental effects but still annoying. Legs and body were fine.
Had originally targeted breaking 3 hours at Des Moines but had some piriformis issues (self diagnosis, but traditional treatments helped), so punted to tulsa. Course was hilly, lots of turns, never on a groove, and obviously cold. Went through half in 1:31 and finished in 3:06, with a numb left hand and numb toes.
Wore hyperspeed 5's instead of nb1600's after seeing the course, with hills, turns, quite a bit of concrete and torn up asphalt for more cushioning. Absolutely love the hyperspeeds but you don't need the ventilation they provide when the temperature is in the mid 20's.
Congratulations on your run on a tough day. It sounds like you'll be able to drop sub 3:00 on a good weather day and better course.
Your toes were that numb? While it was cold, it really wasn't extreme. Do you possibly have some circulation issues, or are you from a really warm climate?
Anyway, way to tough it out, great run.