Ask LAV
Laura:
Now that you are up in the cold, cold north, you probably don't sweat that much (hah!!), but I thought I would ask you this anyway (after a 10k at lunch today in the hot sun). Do you ever have a problem, with sweat rolling down and into your eyes?? It burns like heck!!! Know of any good ideas to combat this problem?
Cheers,
-Scott.
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Scott,
I must say, the simple solutions are the best: run faster. If there is no head wind, you've got to create one! The sweat evaporates faster, cools you better and no stinging eyes. Of course going faster isn't always an option, especially in the longer races and training sessions. Furthermore, if you're in a humid climate the evaporation process slows dramatically. In the absence of acceleration you can either get a sweatband or glory in the agony.
If you get a sweatband the most important thing to remember is that any kind of head covering and especially sweatbands MUST be worn for fashion NOT function. If you wear a sweat-mopping-up-device (and you can go with a stretchy cloth one or a bandanna or even a baseball cap works) you must wear it as an accessory to the "look" you want to create-- the stinging-eye-prevention-mechanism should only be an additional bonus to its raging stylishness. Otherwise sweatbands are gross.
If you decide to glory in the agony, make the most of it. Use the experience to compose epic race stories. Preferably without using punctuation, i.e. "the sweat was just dripping into my eyes and my vision started to go blurry which wasn't really a problem because I knew the trail so well but then a moose sauntered out of the brush and because of the sweat I didn't see it until I just about hit it so I had to bust out my diving somersault between it's legs and then..."
LAV
Now that you are up in the cold, cold north, you probably don't sweat that much (hah!!), but I thought I would ask you this anyway (after a 10k at lunch today in the hot sun). Do you ever have a problem, with sweat rolling down and into your eyes?? It burns like heck!!! Know of any good ideas to combat this problem?
Cheers,
-Scott.
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Scott,
I must say, the simple solutions are the best: run faster. If there is no head wind, you've got to create one! The sweat evaporates faster, cools you better and no stinging eyes. Of course going faster isn't always an option, especially in the longer races and training sessions. Furthermore, if you're in a humid climate the evaporation process slows dramatically. In the absence of acceleration you can either get a sweatband or glory in the agony.
If you get a sweatband the most important thing to remember is that any kind of head covering and especially sweatbands MUST be worn for fashion NOT function. If you wear a sweat-mopping-up-device (and you can go with a stretchy cloth one or a bandanna or even a baseball cap works) you must wear it as an accessory to the "look" you want to create-- the stinging-eye-prevention-mechanism should only be an additional bonus to its raging stylishness. Otherwise sweatbands are gross.
If you decide to glory in the agony, make the most of it. Use the experience to compose epic race stories. Preferably without using punctuation, i.e. "the sweat was just dripping into my eyes and my vision started to go blurry which wasn't really a problem because I knew the trail so well but then a moose sauntered out of the brush and because of the sweat I didn't see it until I just about hit it so I had to bust out my diving somersault between it's legs and then..."
LAV
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posted by LAV at 20:42
5 Comments:
A headband!!?? I'll stick with the burning eyes, thanks! Since the red eyes make me look extremely hung over, I can always say that my time was off due to the excesses of the previsous night. Much cooler than a headband!
;-)
-S.
If you're rollerskiing with a helmet, you can put one of these under it:
Coolmax Bandana
That's what I do. As an added bonus you can pretend to be a pirate.
Or if you're not into pirates, you can go for the ultramodern look with the Gutr headband, which works great under helmets or hats and alone. It's discussed here, along with another headband that works well.
see scott, there are some cool headband options.
Colin- I like the pirate look & I know a lot of cyclists who really like those coolmax bandannas
tassava- thanks for introducing the Gutr, I had never even heard of that before, but it looks pretty clever and maybe worth trying out!
Ok, ok, I'll check out the headband option! I can see it may also have an added benefit of protecting the scalp from sunburn (you know you are getting old when this starts to become a problem)
;-)
BTW, fall is in the air here in Nova Scotia. It was time to break out the reflective vest and a long sleeve shirt for my morning run yesterday. Snow can't be that far away...
-S.
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