As you can imagine, the cold weather is a bit of a problem for us runners at the moment. And never more so than first thing in the morning when you can actually hear the howling wind before you even step out of bed. So I've treated myself to a pair of Vangard lightweight gloves. I did a Buy Now on eBay, for £9.49 and gave them a test run yesterday morning.
They're fantastic. or at least that's how they seem, though the test run did coincide with a particularly good performance from me, especially for a morning run (must have been the pasta I had the night before at Sophie's).
I'm pretty sure they're designed for cyclists - at any rate I bought them from an online cycling store. Well I think they work just as well for runners if not better. When you're running in the UK, even on the coldest wintry days, most people will only really need gloves for the first 1o minutes or so. Because my limbs are constantly moving, I'm pretty warm all over after that. Whereas cyclists arms and hands are more stationary, so maybe these only work as liners for them. However I only need these lightweight gloves, and because they wick properly, I don't overheat later on in the run. Previously I was wearing fleece gloves and then finding that I had to take them off mid-run.
So that's £9.49 well spent. Vangard lightweight gloves highly recommended and not just another gimmicky running product that we don't really need.
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