I've searched the forums and read where you hardy souls run in temps well-below freezing, and to you I tip my hat. I live in coastal Southern California, where we typically won't see temperatures get that cold, so when I speak of "cold weather running," understand that I mean "SoCal cold," not "Minnesota cold."
Here's my q: on Saturday morning, it was cold, as in morning temps in the 50s. Clear skies, beautiful fall day, and I had a six-mile run that was nearly effortless. The rough pavement didn't bother me in the least, and when I hit the chip-and-seal, it also barely registered a blip. One of the best barefoot runs of my young career.
Fast forward to Monday: exact same course, but I ran at mid-day and the temps were in the low 80s. I'm not much of a hot weather runner to begin with, but I was shocked to find how incredibly painful my soles were. Every bit of rough pavement was evident, and the chip-and-seal was agony. I couldn't believe the difference in the two runs. The one significant difference was, to put it succinctly, cold pavement and cold feet vs warm pavement and warm feet.
Do others find that their feet are more sensitive in warm weather than in cold? I mean, it makes sense that since cold weather tends to numb your feet, you'd feel less discomfort on rough pavement when it's cold? Or, maybe I just tried to do TMTS and paid the price on the second run. It's now Wednesday and my soles still don't feel up for running (and besides, we're having our usual October heat wave, so I swam instead).
Will there come a time when my soles won't care what the temperature of the pavement is?
Here's my q: on Saturday morning, it was cold, as in morning temps in the 50s. Clear skies, beautiful fall day, and I had a six-mile run that was nearly effortless. The rough pavement didn't bother me in the least, and when I hit the chip-and-seal, it also barely registered a blip. One of the best barefoot runs of my young career.
Fast forward to Monday: exact same course, but I ran at mid-day and the temps were in the low 80s. I'm not much of a hot weather runner to begin with, but I was shocked to find how incredibly painful my soles were. Every bit of rough pavement was evident, and the chip-and-seal was agony. I couldn't believe the difference in the two runs. The one significant difference was, to put it succinctly, cold pavement and cold feet vs warm pavement and warm feet.
Do others find that their feet are more sensitive in warm weather than in cold? I mean, it makes sense that since cold weather tends to numb your feet, you'd feel less discomfort on rough pavement when it's cold? Or, maybe I just tried to do TMTS and paid the price on the second run. It's now Wednesday and my soles still don't feel up for running (and besides, we're having our usual October heat wave, so I swam instead).
Will there come a time when my soles won't care what the temperature of the pavement is?