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Originally Posted by The Iron Chief
Very Nice Rain Man.
My wife just this past year convinced me to start running and I think I've done a fair job at it.
Tomorrow morning I'm in a 10k called the Turkey Trot and I'm hoping to average under 11 minutes a mile.
This will be my first bad weather race and I'm unsure how I'm going to dress for it.
High of 20 possibly light snow winds 10-20 gusts.
I hate running in pants so i'll probably just make sure my tops heavy and light gloves.
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Good luck to you.
Don't run in pants if you can avoid it. They'll chafe your legs unless they're really soft. As much as they make you wince for your manliness, running tights are great for cold weather.
My race last weekend was in Nevada. Nevada's warm, right? I brought a short sleeve t-shirt and shorts. As it turns out, they got a freak weather system and it rained for three days solid prior to the race. Fortunately, I had a light running jacket by coincidence, so I wore it. The entire race was low 40s in temperature with a steady cold rain. However, around Mile 5 I took the jacket off and carried it. It's amazing how you warm up when you're running. (Admittedly, in part I took the jacket off because it was soaked and just holding cold water on my skin.) So underdress for the starting line. You're better off freezing while you wait rather than carrying a sweatshirt or something for the whole race.