How do I get warm again after running

littlebug

I know it's cold outside :pac: but lately I've been really cold after running. I mean really cold, chilled to the bone cold that lasts up to 3 hours or more.

For example today- 45 min hill run, finished up with a few stretches and straight into the car, heat on full blast and 10 min drive home. I didn't actually feel cold at this stage. Once home the central heating is on and I'm straight into the shower. It's after this that I start to feel cold. Despite hot coffee (lots of), a warm house, numerous layers inc hat and scarf it took 3 hours before I felt warm again.

Is it something I'm not doing ? Because I'm slow anyway i don't tend to do cool down runs unless I've done intervals or after a race. Is it as simple as throwing on an extra layer til I get home?
Honestly I was getting lots of comments about being dressed for the weather (while the sun shone) when I went to pick up the little littlebugs (yes they really do have little to talk about round here :rolleyes:)

Does anyone else feel that cold for that long after running? Any solutions?

tunguska

littlebug wrote: »

I know it's cold outside :pac: but lately I've been really cold after running. I mean really cold, chilled to the bone cold that lasts up to 3 hours or more.

For example today- 45 min hill run, finished up with a few stretches and straight into the car, heat on full blast and 10 min drive home. I didn't actually feel cold at this stage. Once home the central heating is on and I'm straight into the shower. It's after this that I start to feel cold. Despite hot coffee (lots of), a warm house, numerous layers inc hat and scarf it took 3 hours before I felt warm again.

Is it something I'm not doing ? Because I'm slow anyway i don't tend to do cool down runs unless I've done intervals or after a race. Is it as simple as throwing on an extra layer til I get home?
Honestly I was getting lots of comments about being dressed for the weather (while the sun shone) when I went to pick up the little littlebugs (yes they really do have little to talk about round here :rolleyes:)

Does anyone else feel that cold for that long after running? Any solutions?

Yeah Im the same. Dont feel the cold during a run but afterwards its a fair while before Im warm again. And if I have to take an ice bath after a run.........hours before I even start to get any heat into the bones.
Could be just that some people feel the cold a lot more than others. I have a mate who walks around in a T-shirt in this weather completely oblivious to the cold.

littlebug

tunguska wrote: »

And if I have to take an ice bath after a run.........hours before I even start to get any heat into the bones.
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:eek::eek: ok I'll stop complaining now!

BeepBeep67

Any solutions?

Get with the one you love or love the one you're with

gerard65

I have the same problem. Hot shower, layers of clothes, food, sitting on the rad and I'm still cold for a couple of hours after. Seems to get in the bones. Hate the cold, looking forward to those mild damp evenings of summer:)

mcdonrob

littlebug wrote: »

For example today- 45 min hill run, finished up with a few stretches and straight into the car, heat on full blast and 10 min drive home. I didn't actually feel cold at this stage. Once home the central heating is on and I'm straight into the shower. It's after this that I start to feel cold. Despite hot coffee (lots of), a warm house, numerous layers inc hat and scarf it took 3 hours before I felt warm again.

Sounds to me like like there's a quite a bit of delay and sitting (ie. in the car) after your run before you take anything in and there's no mention of food.
Personally I would have the hot coffee and a banana or two before the shower.
Porridge works for me too.

littlebug

gerard65 wrote: »

. Hate the cold, looking forward to those mild damp evenings of summer:)

come summer I'll probably be moaning about the heat :rolleyes:

mcdonrob wrote: »

Sounds to me like like there's a quite a bit of delay and sitting (ie. in the car) after your run before you take anything in and there's no mention of food.
Personally I would have the hot coffee and a banana or two before the shower.
Porridge works for me too.

That was certainly true today. I didn't even have a drink after the run.... so yeah with the drive and shower it was probably half an hour + before I had anything. mmmm a flask of coffee + banana in the car waiting for me sounds good.

jaymack75

I find I can easily get cold after a run and can pick up a chill. Straight away afer you've finished the run, try these

- immediately change into a dry top - I find that layering up over the top I was runnning in will make it hard to keep warm
- towel dry your hair / head
- then add a layer or two
- put on a woolly hat
- have a hot drink + bite to eat as previously mentioned
- nice warm shower once you get back home
- hot waterbottle

BJohnson

Try putting a hot water bottle under your shirt to rest on your belly. The main artery coming from the heart travels along the front of your spine and then branches outwards - it will heat the largest amount of blood possible before it spreads out into your limbs, warming you up faster. I find 5 or 10 minutes of that will warm me up from almost anything.

pgibbo

jaymack75 wrote: »

I find I can easily get cold after a run and can pick up a chill. Straight away afer you've finished the run, try these

- immediately change into a dry top - I find that layering up over the top I was runnning in will make it hard to keep warm
- towel dry your hair / head
- then add a layer or two
- put on a woolly hat
- have a hot drink + bite to eat as previously mentioned
- nice warm shower once you get back home
- hot waterbottle

+1

I started track sessions in the last couple of weeks. This is the only time I drive home without a shower after training. I found that changing in to a dry top before getting in to the car helps a lot. This coupled with the other pointers above should sort you out.

Beautiful day for Knockmea

Oryx

Jaymack nailed it. Its the damp clothing thats doing it.

littlebug

cheers,

that all makes perfect sense. I'll be on the track this evening which means an even longer drive home . It's once thing trying to warm up during the day but quite another going to bed cold so I'll bring a change of top, flask of tea+ food for the drive home and have a hot water bottle to snuggle up with after my shower when I get home. (God forbid I'd have to resort to beepbeeps advice :pac:).

Pgibbo- lovely day indeed for knockma. It's nice and dry underfoot now which makes for a less tentative downhill.

Jip

A change of top is very important, I reckon. As soon as I'm in the car off comes the damp stuff and on goes a nice dry hoody and I leave my hat on. Once I'm home I'm not cold but I usually have a shower straight away anyway and then down for some hot food.

I did get caught out last month when I met someone with whom I walked back to the car, it was a fairly cold day so by the time I got into the car and changed the damp and cold had done it's worse and it took me a couple of hours and a whole lot of food to warm up.

Oryx

If you have time, a soak in a hot bath can put the heat back in the bones if you happen to chill badly.

ecoli

Little trick i picked up was swing your arms across your body (like your giving yourself a hug) gently slapping your back. This gets the blood circulating better and flowing to the hands and through the arms. This can warm up your upper body quick enough and has saved me in the cold weather especiall before and after winter races

Krusty_Clown

Did an 11 mile run last night over a couple of big hills, where the temperature would have dropped to around -3 or -4'C. I tended to cool down on the downhills, but mostly was nice and cosy in a good body armour top and wind-proof jacket. Arrived home and because it was 10:30pm, decided I'd eat dinner before showering etc.

First 5 minutes: Heated house, hot food, still wearing body armour, nice and toasty.
Minutes 7-8: Sweat in clothes cools down, body temperature dropping.
Minute 9: Freezing cold. Leg it upstairs, hot shower for 10 minutes.

Lesson learned: Remove sweaty clothes. If visitors present, put on alternative clothes.

littlebug

it really does happen that quickly doesn't it?:( I followed most of the advice above last night with the exception of the hot water bottle as I don't have one. I looked like I was going off camping for a night with a bag with a change of top, towel, food, drink and a HUGE flask of tea (the only one I have). I dried off and changed straight after the run and had my tea and banana while the car warmed up. Straight into the shower when I got home and got well wrapped up with numerous layers after. I was positively toasty for the rest of the night
Almost all my runs involve a drive after of anything from 10-45 minutes so I just need to be more prepared before I go (and get one of those flask cup thingies).

shels4ever

littlebug wrote: »

I know it's cold outside :pac: but lately I've been really cold after running. I mean really cold, chilled to the bone cold that lasts up to 3 hours or more.

For example today- 45 min hill run, finished up with a few stretches and straight into the car, heat on full blast and 10 min drive home. I didn't actually feel cold at this stage. Once home the central heating is on and I'm straight into the shower. It's after this that I start to feel cold. Despite hot coffee (lots of), a warm house, numerous layers inc hat and scarf it took 3 hours before I felt warm again.

Is it something I'm not doing ? Because I'm slow anyway i don't tend to do cool down runs unless I've done intervals or after a race. Is it as simple as throwing on an extra layer til I get home?
Honestly I was getting lots of comments about being dressed for the weather (while the sun shone) when I went to pick up the little littlebugs (yes they really do have little to talk about round here :rolleyes:)

Does anyone else feel that cold for that long after running? Any solutions?

I use a body warmer that I picked up for about 10 euro. Once I finish a run(if i need to drive far home) I stick on a new t-shirt body warmer and that does the trick.