Cold after exercise (like really properly cold, with blue fingers and everything)

[Cockadoodledooo]

It's not normal is it?!

Ds1 and I have just started C25k. I've been fine (we did W2R1 today) whilst out, feeling fit and enjoying it, but then an hour or so after getting back and showering etc I get really really cold. My fngernails are blue. I'm wearing 2 jumpers and the heating's on.

Why am I like this and is there anything I can do about it?! Don't want to give up the running but this bit makes it much less enjoyable!

For info - am overweight. Not unfit but carrying excess baggage (13 stone & 5' 8", size 14), not sure if that has an effect?

Any ideas please?! Or anyone else like me? Has it improved at all?

[CadiM]

Ooh, I get this too! Finish running, get into the house and the heating feels sweltering but thirty minutes later I'm freezing. My thyroid is underactive at the mo so I tend to feel the cold anyway. Only thing I've found helpful is to change out of running clothing, get moving again when the cold hits (do a few squats or push-ups), have a warm bath or just give up and go to bed with a hot water bottle.

[AthelstaneTheUnready]

Also waiting to see if anyone can suggest an idea!

This also happens to me; the delayed chill. At the time I'm fine, afterwards when I'm pottering around I'll be fine for an hour or so, and then suddenly I realise I'm chilled to the core - properly miserable and shivery.

That's WITH dry, warm clothes, fire on, hot drink - the environment is warm enough. I'm not overweight, though I have a bit more wobble than I'd like, am fairly fit, erm... all my own teeth... can't think of anything else that might be relevant.

[CadiM]

Google says we're not abnormal! blogs.scientificamerican.com/scicurious-brain/2012/03/28/running-and-thermoregulation-the-post-run-shivers/

[mercibucket]

thyroid check?

[AthelstaneTheUnready]

That sounds coherent, CadiM - clearly we keep on cooling down after we think we're done. I suppose the answer might be to do all the normal things to raise your core temperature, but do them earlier, while you're still already 'warm'?

[orangeflutie]

Just out of interest do you eat before you exercise? Also afterwards do you drink an isotonic drink and or eat within an hour of finishing.

I'm just asking because I always cool down quickly after running but if I make sure I eat something even if it's only a small amount, I've found I can normally avoid getting too cold.

Hope this helps.