# SD Runners: How do you run in hot weather?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sd-runners-how-do-you-run-in-hot-weather/307301>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 7, 2005, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sd-runners-how-do-you-run-in-hot-weather/307301 "2005-06-07T16:02:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2005, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sd-runners-how-do-you-run-in-hot-weather/307301/21 "2005-06-07T20:09:23Z")

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> [@wasson](#):
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> I wear gym shorts and a regular cotton t-shirt when I run. I underestimated the effect a nice pair of running shoes would have for me (finally buckled and spent some cash… glad I did). Am I making the same mistake with the shirts/shorts?

Definitely get a proper running shirt - there is a world of difference. Cotton doesn’t let the sweat evaporate, so you don’t get the full cooling effect.

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**Author:** ![ParentalAdvisory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@ParentalAdvisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParentalAdvisory)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2005, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sd-runners-how-do-you-run-in-hot-weather/307301/22 "2005-06-08T01:20:25Z")

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Thanks for sharing your experiences.

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**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2005, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sd-runners-how-do-you-run-in-hot-weather/307301/23 "2005-06-08T04:09:50Z")

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I don’t know about you, but I sweat when I exercise. I sweat a lot. I hate getting sweat all over my sunglasses.  
If you have this problem, [here](http://www.haloheadband.com/sitemap.html) is the answer.

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**Author:** ![Idlewild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8491ac/32.png) [@Idlewild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idlewild)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2005, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sd-runners-how-do-you-run-in-hot-weather/307301/24 "2005-06-08T04:27:28Z")

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Anyone have any recommendations for running shirts for women with larger than average breasts? I’m currently stuck running in cotton t-shirts which isn’t really cutting it, temperature management wise. Even Title IX sports hasn’t been much help.

I get a headache that isn’t worth enduring, running in the heat, so right now we’re running after the sun has set and things have cooled down. I will have to do a couple of day time runs in the heat to prepare for any competitive event I choose to take part in (just getting started myself.) But picking the time of day for most of my runs to minimize the pounding headache seems like a good thing. I honestly don’t mind the discomfort that just attends being hot, apart from that. And of course I’ll put up with the headache to run in a road race.

Oddly enough, even though I’m also an Aussie living in the states, unlike **mhendo** I greatly prefer the runs in freezing weather to the hot weather runs. My lungs do hurt but that’s one of those pains that I tolerate running through. It’s definitely a weird mental game and a great way to learn how to listen to your body and figure out what the heck is up with it.

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