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At the risk of derailing this thread... What do you do about sweat getting into your eyes? When I run the sweat always ends up in my eyes and it burns like crazy. I think I sweat sulfuric acid. I end up taking my glasses off and wiping away the sweat but it's not that much of a help. It is very temporary.
At the risk of derailing this thread...
What do you do about sweat getting into your eyes? When I run the sweat always ends up in my eyes and it burns like crazy. I think I sweat sulfuric acid. I end up taking my glasses off and wiping away the sweat but it's not that much of a help. It is very temporary.
I always wear a hat. It helps.
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what kinds of shirts/underarmour do you wear in really humid weather so you aren't drowning in sweat after a couple miles?
Have you considered tailoring up a ShamWow into a singlet ?
I wear Coolmax stuff, and find that it just reaches saturation and stays there wicking lower and lower until the whole shirt is soaked, then my shorts start to wick it down....it gets ugly.
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So took off the shirt and ran shirtless on the 5 miles back. Was sorry if offended any of the old ladies at the park but a man has to protect the nipples at all cost.
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In fact, everything I run is technical -- shorts, shirt, socks, and underwear. It makes a big difference compared to cotton. You'll still be wet, but you'll be less wet. Of course, if it's jungle-humid out there, there's no evaporation and you're just plain hosed. There's only so much you can do when the atmosphere is saturated and there's no good reason for the sweat to go anywhere but stay on you.
In fact, everything I run is technical -- shorts, shirt, socks, and underwear. It makes a big difference compared to cotton. You'll still be wet, but you'll be less wet.
Of course, if it's jungle-humid out there, there's no evaporation and you're just plain hosed. There's only so much you can do when the atmosphere is saturated and there's no good reason for the sweat to go anywhere but stay on you.
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As dorky as they may look to some, I rock a visor this time of year. Let's heat from the head vent, but captures most sweat from the brow + shields sun from eyes and face.
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If you think a visor looks dorky, try a pink visor.
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I wear a GUTR, http://www.sweatgutr.com/home.html, since hats are too hot. Works pretty well for me and I can barely function when I forget it.
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I have that problem too and a hat helps a little but after awhile I'm still getting sweat in my eyes. Here's what solved the problem:
Halo headband
It sounds like a gimmick but it isn't...it works really well. In very hot, humid conditions I wear it with a hat over it, and it really makes a difference. Leaves a funny mark on your forehead but that goes away quickly.
They also make a hat with the headband built in but it's ugly and the hat is too small. Get the headband.
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My first summer running (2 years ago?), I said I'm not buying stupid running stuff -- I'm cheap. So I ran in cotton and whatnot. Then in July the temperature went into triple digits with humidity in the 90s. Chafing was painful. Guess who broke down and bought technical stuff.
It's a 5k. It hurt like hell...then I tried to pick it up. The end.