COLD WEATHER TRAINING
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COLD WEATHER TRAINING
Does anyone have any up to date info on running in the cold? I know it used to be that it wasn't advised to do too much hard exercise if the temp dropped below minus 18 (particularly for kids). Is the theory still pretty much the same????
- gross2004
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is http://www.cptips.com/respasm.htm? the work you were thinking of ? It really did show an alarmingly high incidence of asthma in the 30+ age group. Far as I know , only advice to come out of this is for asthmatics to use bronch-inhalers prophylactically before cold-weather training sessions, and to attempt to warm the air a bit (by wearing a mask or scarf over mouth - not always very practicable) whilst training at low temperatures. Also said that the effects of training in v. cold conditions (mucus production) may persist for 24-36h after session, but am not respiratory expert (only expert when lungs are infected!)
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Really enjoy training in cold (a few degrees above zero) and rain - can be kind of fun in its own peculiar way. Still, need to go carefully and have a warm home, dry clothes and hot shower (though not necessarily in that order) to return to immediately after training.
-18 degrees C is pushing it a bit - do you mean that arcaic unit known as Farenheit?
-18 degrees C is pushing it a bit - do you mean that arcaic unit known as Farenheit?
- Benjamin G
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Thanks for info on asthma.......
Mean -18 C which actually isn't all that cold really (it's forcast -15 here on Sunday). The real info I was after was the threshold temp at which it's not sensible to train or do any real hard activity. I remember when I was skiing in the States we weren't allowed to race below -18 C as it was going to cause lung damage but I do remember training at -20+ but nothing spectacular in the way of effort.... just long and slow
Mean -18 C which actually isn't all that cold really (it's forcast -15 here on Sunday). The real info I was after was the threshold temp at which it's not sensible to train or do any real hard activity. I remember when I was skiing in the States we weren't allowed to race below -18 C as it was going to cause lung damage but I do remember training at -20+ but nothing spectacular in the way of effort.... just long and slow
- gross2004
Benjamin G wrote:-18 degrees C is pushing it a bit - do you mean that arcaic unit known as Farenheit?
Surely -18F is colder than -18C
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No expertise held but my practical experience is that -12/13 is about where my lungs start hurting. I personally find it hurts more if foggy which I guess is due to breathing in more frozen water - water requiring more energy than nitrogen/oxygen to bring up to sensible temperature.
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distracted wrote:Surely -18F is colder than -18C
PorkyFatBoy wrote:-27.78 C according to Google
Thanks for correcting my fatal flaw. (Well it might be fatal - can't think why though.) I apologise. Wasn't thinking straight. As usual.
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