Running base layer / advice please

Rebel_Leader

hello everyone.

It was a relatively chilly evening here in the south west of England and I was out running.

I was wearing my shorts, with a sweat wicking gym t shirt with a fleece top overall.

My chest was nice and warm but arms were cold. So cold, I felt my arms aching like they do after an arm workout.

I've read somewhere that base clothing helps to keep muscles warm and aid blood circulation.

I'm worried I will overheat as the base clothing seems tight on the body.

What do you guys think? Any tips on keeping my arms warm during a run in the chilly outdoors?

Thank you,
D.

caroldavison332

I often wear a Dickie's thermal hoodie. Sometimes I zip it up. Sometimes I put the hood on. Sometimes I tie the string to the hood under my chin. Works about 6 months of the year.

RUN_LIFT_EAT

I dress for the warmest part of the run. Meaning, I may be chilly in the beginning of the run, but my main layer is more suited for when it warms up. If it's significantly colder at the start of the run, I'll wear arm sleeves or a wind breaker, both of which I can peel off and stash mid-run.

Bluepegasus

I don't overdress for running in the cold as I get hot very quickly, when it's very cold I just have a long sleeved thin running top and long tights, and I wear fingerless gloves. I usually start off cold but by the time I've gone a mile I know I'll be warm.

JoshuaMcAllister

dchauhan113 wrote: »

hello everyone.

It was a relatively chilly evening here in the south west of England and I was out running.

I was wearing my shorts, with a sweat wicking gym t shirt with a fleece top overall.

My chest was nice and warm but arms were cold. So cold, I felt my arms aching like they do after an arm workout.

I've read somewhere that base clothing helps to keep muscles warm and aid blood circulation.

I'm worried I will overheat as the base clothing seems tight on the body.

What do you guys think? Any tips on keeping my arms warm during a run in the chilly outdoors?

Thank you,
D.

If you do your research and not pick up the cheapest layer you should be okay, I own winter and summer base layers, breathable and retain heat in winter or in summer the cooling effect designs (craft cool mesh or climacool are two examples of this technology)

Aed0416

JoshuaMcAllister wrote: »

dchauhan113 wrote: »

hello everyone.

It was a relatively chilly evening here in the south west of England and I was out running.

I was wearing my shorts, with a sweat wicking gym t shirt with a fleece top overall.

My chest was nice and warm but arms were cold. So cold, I felt my arms aching like they do after an arm workout.

I've read somewhere that base clothing helps to keep muscles warm and aid blood circulation.

I'm worried I will overheat as the base clothing seems tight on the body.

What do you guys think? Any tips on keeping my arms warm during a run in the chilly outdoors?

Thank you,
D.

If you do your research and not pick up the cheapest layer you should be okay, I own winter and summer base layers, breathable and retain heat in winter or in summer the cooling effect designs (craft cool mesh or climacool are two examples of this technology)

Yes. There are different types of base layers. All of the ones I own clearly distinguish them as cold weather or warm weather gear. To be honest unless it's cold I don't wear fleece. If you can run in fleece you probably won't over heat in your base layer. Ditch your fleece wear a base layer, it feels great.

yirara

I do overdress for running as I freeze quickly. Western part of the UK here. At the moment I usually run with a ski thermoshirt (long arms) and a thin fleece jacket above. This keeps my upper body warm. For legs I'm still a bit in troubles: if it's not windy I wear an old pair of sweat pants. But if it's windy I use a pair of partly windproof running tights. They do block out the wind where it's really unpleasant, but they don't store any bodyheat as they are tight. Thus I still end up with a frozen backside and legs, while I don't have that problem in the sweatpants. Wearing both though will even be too warm for me. I guess all I can do is to wait for summer and use the sweatpants for every run. Then I probably won't mind the wind anymore.

TavistockToad

dchauhan113 wrote: »

hello everyone.

It was a relatively chilly evening here in the south west of England and I was out running.

I was wearing my shorts, with a sweat wicking gym t shirt with a fleece top overall.

My chest was nice and warm but arms were cold. So cold, I felt my arms aching like they do after an arm workout.

I've read somewhere that base clothing helps to keep muscles warm and aid blood circulation.

I'm worried I will overheat as the base clothing seems tight on the body.

What do you guys think? Any tips on keeping my arms warm during a run in the chilly outdoors?

Thank you,
D.

I am in the Uk and i have found that when i have been running that my arms are cold even though my hands and body are warm, because of the very strong wind. i wear a vest or t shirt with my fluorescent running jacket (which is nice and breathable). i think i would be to warm in a long sleeved top and jacket though.

in a few more weeks we'll be moaning that its too warm anyway!

msf74

Just get a pair of arm warmers if it is only your arms which get cold.

I use the ones I have from cycling sometimes (these ones: LG arm warmers) and they do the job.

BrianSharpe

For really cold weather (and I've run in -35C temps) I wear a merino wool base layer for both legs and torso.

Depending on how cold it is there your solution may be as simple as a long sleeve running shirt or a pair of arm warmers. The other thing you may want to try is a lighter fleece / half-zip top with a running shell (the cold you felt may have been due to cooler air penetrating the fleece layer)

It takes a little trial and error sometimes, more so when dealing with the extremes we get here in Canada.