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Help! Before I freeze, please can someone recommend some decent running tights for the winter. Thanks.
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Failing that, a pair of Lowe Alpine/North Face Powerstretch tights will do the job (avaialble from all good walking shops)
LizzyB (who lives 60 miles from the Arctic Circle and is a wussy southerner so has done extensive tests into what keeps legs warm)
I believe Newline also do some thermal running tights that are water resistant too (new this winter). I haven't got round to buying any yet...
CC
Sufferer of Raynauds Syndrome so knows all about wrapping up well in this weather!
They have been washed and worn many times. As soon as the thermometer goes under 45'F, i'm into the woollies.
i find my legs ok but my upper body suffers more so layers and more layers - and socks gloves and hat as extremities lose heat quickly and can add to feeling cold!
Lizzy - anyone who can survive an Icelandic winter is not a wuss! I've felt cold when I've been in Iceland during the summer. Well, perhaps that blizzard at Thingvellir in June a few years back was a bit unusual!
Creamcake - poor you, having Raynauds Syndrome. The thermal, water resistent Newline tights sound like a great idea. Think I may ask Father Christmas for a pair!
Thanks again and happy (warm!) running.
Right, rustle, rustle, search search - found it! Newline clothes are (I think) only available by mail order in the UK. For a catalogue (cor, i sound like an advert) phone 0800 960711/email nl@newlinesport.co.uk/fax 01732 875872
They're a Danish company - website www.newline.dk.
I've also ordered a v. fetching black and orange hooded thermal - should be waiting for me, along with my black and silver tights, at my parents house when I get back to the UK! Oooh, can't wait! I love new running clothes!
Dangly Spice - thanks for the suggestion, but I can't see Newline stuff there. There's lots of other good stuff, though, and it's a new site to me, so thank you v. much.
When I was over in the UK I picked up my new Newline water resistant, windproof black and silver running tights (with thermal bum especially for us laydees).
I'd just like to say that they are totally fab - went running in cold wet fog, -1 degrees (in Kent) and was lovely and toasty and dry. Also wore them in the rain on Boxing Day and stayed dry (but I was a bit warm!)
They are a bit wiered to put on - a bit like putting on a wetsuit - but are really comfortable and light.
And they look fab, which is v. important ....
And no, I don't work for newline ....
Any comments?
Hate to say it, but bare legs and old lycra shorts are going to be your best bet. Or a pair of very cheap or old running tights (but not RonHills cos they hold water like a sponge).
I don't even run bare legged in summer !!!
I see you point about expensive tights tho.