| Re: Secrets of Warm Toes?
On Tue, 02 Jan 2007 16:34:55 GMT, Stephen Harding
<smharding16@msn.com> wrote:
>dgk wrote:
>
>> I think the 9 miles isn't long enough. My commute is 15 each way, and
>> my toes are pretty much fine until the last few miles. Then they start
>> freezing.
>
>My commute is 11 miles each way and my feet are pretty well frozen
>by the time I get to work in 45-50 minutes.
>
>However, I think they're actually starting to warm up again by that
>time (temperature decrease of toes has bottomed out). If I rode a
>longer route, I think they might actually start to warm.
>
>This happens with my hands where my fingers are at their max cold
>(cold enough to be aching on thawing) after about 20 minutes. The
>remainder of the commute they are warming up.
>
>This is the case at and below about 10-15F. Above this temperature,
>both hands and feet don't generally get cold enough to be aching on
>warmup.
>
>
>SMH
Are you sure that they're warming up and not numbing?
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