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Vim
... I'm pretty sure its because my resting heart rate is so low (most runners are because their hearts are very healthy) and so my circulation sucks...
rectumdamnnearkilledem
As has been noted lower body fat does make you more sensitive to cold. Having said that, I have actually found that I tolerate the cold much better since I started running. I'm guessing this is because I run outdoors so that I am acclimating to the colder weather much faster than most people. That, or I'm just too stupid to come in out of the cold. It's 50 / 50 on that one.
Getting the wind knocked out of you is the only way to
remind your lungs how much they like the taste of air.
~ Sarah Kay
Suffering Benefiting from mature onset exercise addiction and low aerobic endorphin release threshold. Hoping there is no cure.