Most of the summer you’ve been
running in nothing more than a technical top and a pair of shorts. Even with
the rain you’re warm but as the nights come in and the temperature starts to
drop you find yourself looking out and shivering. That’s when under-armour
becomes a godsend. Like wearing a cloth hot water bottle, under-armour is
without doubt one of the best additions to running all-year round since the
invention of laces.
But wearing it out training and
race-day are very different propositions. So should you wear under-armour doing
a marathon?
These following questions should
help make up your mind:
Is it cold?
a. Yes
b. No
Does the cold bother you?
a. Yes
b. No
Can you get hold of black-bin
bag?
a. No
b. Yes
Are you able to throw a scrunched
up bin-bag to the side of the road at the start without out tonking some fellow
runner on the face or tripping up someone coming behind?
a. No
b. Yes
As a result of the cold are you
more likely to be looking for a portaloo a few minutes from the start?
a. Yes
b. No
Do you actually own under-armour
in the first place?
a. Yes
b. No
Which is more important for you? Looking
silly in photos because you are togged top-to-bottom in under-armour or missing
the start because you are in a portaloo peeing or keeping warm or?
a. Looking silly in photos.
b. Missing the start.
Do you know what under-armour
does to your nipples after 26.2 miles and are comfortable with that?
a. Yes
b. No
Do you actually own under-armour
in the first place?
c. Yes
d. No
If the answer to these questions
are mostly A’s then I would veering on the side of under-armour. If they are
mostly B’s then suck it up and stand close to the person next to you until the
start if you’re cold and stick with the t-shirt.
Wednesday’s training
A 8.5 k slow run recovery at about 5 min
pace..