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Rain gear in mild climates (Read 814 times)

arlahile


    posted: 1/3/2008 at 7:29 PM
    Hi - I'm wondering what people wear when it's rainy and not particularly cold (I'm in central Calif.). Rain gear I've tried in the past just leaves me in a steambath. Arla

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    Trent


      posted: 1/3/2008 at 7:36 PM
      I wear my regular running clothes, which are moisture wicking. I get wet. It is great. I get wet in the summer heat when I sweat. I get wet when I run in the rain. When I am done running, I dry off.
      arlahile


        posted: 1/4/2008 at 1:51 PM
        Even when it's pouring out? Today it's 48 and raining hard. Yes, I'm a wimpy Californicator. Arla

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        Trent


          posted: 1/4/2008 at 1:52 PM
          48 and raining hard is the BEST Big grin Go out and get wet!
          pandajenn19


            posted: 1/4/2008 at 1:55 PM
            I have a jacket with vents in the side that I wear when it is too cold to be soaked and too hot to be covered. The vents are extra zippers in the sides that look like pockets, but really they just let extra air out (and in). Maybe look for something like that?
            Trent


              posted: 1/4/2008 at 2:01 PM
              Yeah, but in a heavy rain, don't you get soaked under the jacket anyway?
              redrunner


                posted: 1/4/2008 at 4:16 PM
                I just bought a nike winderbreaker that is waterproof yesterday, and wore it today (raining, 54 degrees). I liked it a lot-I was pretty warm but was also wearing a long sleeve tech and a compression shirt (testing shirts for a race). Its definitely a keeper and I can make it as warm as I want in the rain. Warmer rain-no shirt or sleeveless and have fun! It is black with a reflective strip around it for nightime running.

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                zoom-zoom


                Fanatic #3965

                  posted: 1/4/2008 at 4:40 PM
                  Quote from Trent on 1/4/2008 at 1:52 PM:
                  48 and raining hard is the BEST Big grin Go out and get wet!
                  What he really means to say is HTFU! Wink 48 and pouring rain is fun! Big grin

                  Kirsten

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                  pandajenn19


                    posted: 1/4/2008 at 5:02 PM
                    Quote from Trent on 1/4/2008 at 2:01 PM:
                    Yeah, but in a heavy rain, don't you get soaked under the jacket anyway?
                    Not yet, but then the heaviest rains I've been in were either in the summer, or while on my bike. The latter of which is no fun at all.
                    dtraitor


                      posted: 1/4/2008 at 5:48 PM
                      Quote from Trent on 1/4/2008 at 1:52 PM:
                      48 and raining hard is the BEST Big grin Go out and get wet!
                      I'll be the second to agree. How can you not feel like a little kid out playing in the rain?
                      Buzz 63


                        posted: 1/4/2008 at 9:30 PM
                        I'm with Trent, the rain is great. That's coming from someone up in the Pacific Northwest though. It rains in the winter, spring, fall, and yes even in the summer. Go the other way, the more rain the less clothes. Oh, and what zoom-zoom said HTFU I just love that. Got to find one of those bracelets you guys have talked about.
                        zoom-zoom


                        Fanatic #3965

                          posted: 1/4/2008 at 9:53 PM
                          Quote from Buzz 63 on 1/4/2008 at 9:30 PM:
                          Oh, and what zoom-zoom said HTFU I just love that. Got to find one of those bracelets you guys have talked about.
                          I really want one, too. I know they are available in the US, now. Smile The only thing that REALLY sucks in heavy rain is fleece. We had a pouring rain maybe a month ago that I got caught in. I was in a big, baggy fleece top and it got REALLY heavy. I had no idea that poly fleece could get so waterlogged. I think I must have weighed an extra 10#s when I got home. k

                          Kirsten

                          '07: 1324.5 | '08: 1561 | '09: 1810.9 run ~ 208.7 bike | '10: 1,000.3 run ~ 3513.5 bike | '11: 710.3 run ~ 4157.9 bike '12: 659.9 run ~ 3365.6 bike (100% benched by ortho last 4.5 weeks while in long-arm cast)

                          '13 Goals:

                          • DON'T BREAK ANYTHING!!!

                          • get within 5#s of 130#s (and stay there, gotdammit!)

                          • 1st olympic distance duathlon

                          • 1st Iceman Cometh mtn bike race

                          • Half Fanatic

                          • punch Type 1 in the junk


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