A friend of mine runs on Merrell shoes for some months now and complains off cold feet. Strange, mine only got warmer since I'm barefoot/minimal. Anybody heard this complaint before?
Are you guys keeping your core warm? I always found that if I kept my core warm, really bundled up, I kept a lot warmer even without shoes on. The thinking is that your core will push the heat to your extremities. I was able to run in the 20s (Fahrenheit).
+1, kind of.With me works the opposite way, when I run barefoot or with sandals my feet are always warm, sometimes my hands and body are almost frozen but my feet don't.
Yeah, same here. Barefoot, shorts, t-shirt, and ... running gloves. I was feeling like a weanie, so I left the gloves at home and my hands got cold.big fat fuzzy mittens on my very cold hands. I figure, my hands are the laziest thing on me during a run, so it kind of makes sense.
That's the time I really wonder what the passersby are thinking. All midsummer everywhere but my hands.
Yeah, same here. Barefoot, shorts, t-shirt, and ... running gloves. I was feeling like a weanie, so I left the gloves at home and my hands got cold.
I've read that people can adapt their hands to cold, such as fishermen and lumberman and indigenous populations.
http://www.thebarefootrunners.org/threads/5th-annual-winter-challenge.17131/page-9#post-165170
However, I wasn't doing anything with my hands, so I started opening and closing my hands, while running. . . .
Your head! Body heat is readily lost through the top of the head. Your head was cold! Right?For the tl;dr crowd, my feet were warm because they were working. My hand holding my hiking stick was warm because it was working. And that leaves . . .