Running - BEET RED FACE

artsiefartsiek

When I run my face turns bright red! I wear a HRM and I'm at about 80% and recover very quick, it seems to be my body temperature but even happened when I ran a 5k in November with around 45 degree weather! Am I alone and why does this happen?

pa_jorg

It happens to me too! It can be annoying, but isn't really a concern for me.

muddyventures

Yup, I'm one of them. Although I'm not in the best shape I've ever been in, there was a time when I ran 8 miles under and hour and I still was beet red, I have one other friend this happens to as well. I think it is just they way some of us are.

vs1023

Every exercise I do causes my face to turn beet red, all my life! I'm very fair so I just attribute it to that.

Loseweight1980

I turn red within 5 minutes of starting running, and it usually doesn't go away for hours after, it's just normal for some people. Do you blush easily?

AmyEm3

LOL me too. It is of course worse for me in the summer but it does happen in cooler weather too. It was 48 yesterday and when I got back home my face was beet red. It happens to my sister too. I really don't think there is anything I can do about it.

I blush very, very easily too. Annoyingly easy.

I also get red face when I'm laughing too. It's ridiculous.

eta: I'm very fair skinned too.

secretgirl4611

Omg.. I always wondered if it was normal or not? I turn beet red pretty fast too once im red faced it will last all through an entire session of working out. It also takes a long time before I start to sweat but when I finally do its not ever that much. does anyone know if that will aid in SLOW weight loss? I havent lost ne weight yet and I workout 5-6days a wk! but I was allowing wayyyy too many cheat days which turned into cheat wkends for the entire month since I started.

Mel2626

Same here~ I get it and so do both of my sisters. My brother doesn't. We all played soccer growing up and we used to get the "OMG your face is SOOO red. Are you okay? Do you need to sit down etc etc..." all the time! Skinny or fat I've always had it so I'm guessing it'll never go away. But rest assured, you are not alone!
:happy: <--my regular face :mad: <---my face after intense workout! lol

sofaking6

Same for me and always has been..I have actually had people tell me I went too heavy on the blusher..when I wasn't wearing any!

mbw2586

I just looked this up last night after finishing a walk/run. My face not only gets red, but tingly hot as well.

Annoying, because people stare at me as if I might hit the floor any second, but otherwise seems to be pretty common!

SammyPacks

Happens to me. Fair skin? LOL my boyfriend says its cause I'm white |:

NicolettetheGreek

.......... I havent lost ne weight yet and I workout 5-6days a wk! but I was allowing wayyyy too many cheat days which turned into cheat wkends for the entire month since I started.

Well, I let that happen for 7 weeks and gained back 7 hard lost pounds. Stop. STOP NOW!! I only say this because you really have to change your mindset if you seriously want to lose weight.

I am on my way back down now, but that means saying No to cheating.

Good Luck.:bigsmile:

jfinnivan

You would be a good beacon to other runners when going through a fog bank!
I get all red-faced too....

LilRedRooster

I don't just turn red, I turn fire-engine redder-than-my-own-hair colors. And I sweat buckets. I blame my father for this, because he was exactly the same way. However, as time has moved on, I've come to just see it as my body's way of being very efficient at dispersing heat out of my face. People who don't turn red just aren't as efficient as I am. For real.

alina726

It happens to me all the time (my 5 year old's face does the same thing!). It even happens when I'm doing aerobics. I was in a class one time and the instructor stopped the class to make sure I was ok. Yeah, that was fun!

KatesBadAss

Same here!! People look at me with great concern at the gym after I finish running.....I don't even care about it anymore.

feisma

I'm the same way...always attributed it to the fair Irish skin fueled by a raging Spanish temper :explode:

NicolettetheGreek

You are not alone!! I can get beet red faced with any exercise..really embarrassing. But, i am fair skinned too, and obese, so trying on clothes makes my face beet red.:mad:

Sp1nGoddess

This happens to me too! Anytime I workout. I asked my derm about it once, she said it's due to fair skin and lot's of blood vessels. I once had a spinning coach ask me if I was OK...

DataBased

It happens to me, too. I wonder how many other characteristics we have in common. If you like, would you answer the following?

Are you a "furnace" - for example, do you feel so hot when you sleep you kick the covers off?
Once you begin sweating, do you sweat long after the workout is done?
Have you ever had heat exhaustion or heat stroke?
Is your hair very thick?

I've been trying to find others who turn super-red in the face for a long time, wondering if we have these things in common!

kcdrake

Happens to me too. I feel like it's an overheating thing. I blush really easily too, and my mom has rosatia so I think I come by it naturally.

Laura_Ivy

Oh this happens to me too and I get super flushed on my chest and arms too LOL I just assume it's because I'm white!

swycoff17

It happens to me too. It's pretty embarassing. I swear I still look like I got my butt kicked for like 30 minutes afterwards too. But I FEEL better afterwards, so it's worth the cherry red face and people looking at me funny when I have to run errands afterwards. haha

valorieflowers

Me too! I am also very fair. My face has always gotten really red when I did sports or excercise. People would think something was wrong and I needed to go to the hospital or something, but I only felt as exerted as everyone else. It also stinks cuz it takes a very long time to go away too. Glad to know I am not the only one!

NKF92879

I have the same issue. The first thing that happens when I work out (or get warm in general) is my face turns red. I get tomato face LONG before I start to sweat.

Pfauxmeh

"If you still look cute after you work out...you're not working hard enough."

Ali_TSO

My mom's face does this also.....when she gets really tickled about something. Once she starts laughing, her face gets so red it looks like someone covered her in ketchup, lol.

She used to exercise when I was a little kid, and same thing....my sister and I don't have it, but people used to always ask if she was ok. I think it's pretty normal :laugh:

AllisonMart

Me too, and like most eveyone else here I'm very fair skinned and blush very very easily. My friends actually make it game to see who can make me blush first! People at the gym will ask if I'm OK, need to sit down, etc. Yes I'm fine, just red! It happens, oh well.

dbrashers

That has happened to me since i was a little kid. My mother took me to the pediatrician, and he said it's b/c I do not sweat enough to cool my body down. It is something that I've noticed as I've gotten older -- I work myself to death, but still no sweat. You need to keep hydrated and monitor yourself to make sure you don't overheat. Sweat is supposed to cool you down, but if you aren't sweating, you need to keep an eye on that as you continue to run and workout.

Huisman81

I am not only beet red but sweating like crazy even in the dead of winter. Running is not a pretty sport but if you can look past appearance of it and truly enjoy the accomplishment of a run then that's all that matters.
Keep on running

KaraGrr

Oh yeah, I turn bright red and I also seem to sweat more than most people. My sister does too...guess it runs in the family, thanks parental units!!! Oh well, I don't go to the gym to look cute anyway