Sweating

jack presley

I'm basically a bloke in his mid 30s who took up running about 5 years back to keep the heart attack at bay for another few years. I do about 5 miles 4-5 times a week and it usually takes about 40 minutes so I'm no Heile Gabrsesalasi!

But anyway, I never used to sweat much when running, only when it was hot during the Summer. However over the last few months I've noticed I'm shedding buckets of sweat when I run. Even when it's cold out and I'm not wearing a jacket. I admit I'm carrying about a half stone extra weight but is it this combined with me getting on a bit or is it something else? My times are the same so it's not like I'm stepping it up a level

metamorphosis

It can be a sign that your body is becoming more effecient at dealing with the increae in body tempiture - a good sign.

I wouldnt soley use sweat as an indicator of how hard you work, and, for some, the fitter you become the more you sweat.

Oisin11178

Really?
If someone is doing the same lenght run at the same pace and is sweating more i would have been a bad sign. As the man says hes not upping the effort. I know i sweat more the more effort i put in and the higher my heart rate is.
Discount ill health and abnormally hot conditions does more sweat not mean higher heart rate and more effort for the same pace?

metamorphosis

That's why i emphasized in some cases.

Pretty obv that if you go hard - you work harder, sweat more, but not all people. I sweat buckets very easily, even when my HR is not that high. If it's the same effort, yeah, the OP will be used to that distance and pace but if he only started and now is sweating more , one thing is what i mentioned above - of course it could be many many other things.

Il give a root around for the source i got this from, its in a big green sports science book in my room, but my room is like a bomb shelter now and im too lazy to go up and look for it.

Oisin11178

Yeah, im the norm when it comes to sweating. I can nearly guess my pace by how much im sweating.