Assuming my burning throat is from running in cold weather (around 60 degrees here), what do you guys use to solve this problem? Cough drops? I didn’t use to have this problem but as I got older, it seems to bother me as the weather gets colder and running at nights.
Or maybe it’s not from cold weather???
A common, nearly unavoidable problem in COLD weather (-5 and colder).
No idea why you have this in “warm” conditions.
60* is cold?! I’d KILL for 60* weather, I’m in Maine and it was high 20s here yesterday. Wimp 
How is the humidity where you are? If the air is dry, you will have more issues breathing - something about water loss… yeah, try cough drops, and keep drinking water while you run.
Aren’t you surrounded by wild fires?
I think the air quality is more to blame than the “cold”.
if the only option is running in shorts and a t shirt, then it’s not cold.
that said, it probably is the dryness of the air, not the cold that is bothering you (or the ash?). In the cold, dry air here, you can cover up and breath through something, which will collect water from exhaling, and thus humidify the air coming in. Helps me. Though I think you might look funny in 60 degrees.
Though… it could be exercise induced asthma, or other things… check with a doctor if it persists.
Chew gum…just please don’t choke!
Thanks everyone that replied. 60 is cold over here in So. Cal. At least for me. I think the scarf idea is a no go, I like the gum one but I’m worried about the warning you gave me about choking. Maybe it’s a fluke because of the air quality but I’m certain I have this problem every winter.
60 isn’t cold, even in socal. I lived there. You would still wear flip flops, wouldn’t you? Sure, perhaps with pants, but flip flops nonetheless.
I just did a lunch run (in RI) and it was 28 out - and not that bad.
Man I want to move back to SoCal. I want to think 60 is cold… maybe next year.
Lol! I live in Pasadena. I’m sure you are familiar with the city but it’s hot here (in the high 80s), not like the beach areas where 60 is probably the norm. I don’t think I can live anywhere that is 28 degrees. I guess if my job demanded it but it would really be a last resort. Now that I think about it, 60 is not that cold…maybe I’m sick.
Thanks everyone that replied. 60 is cold over here in So. Cal. At least for me. I think the scarf idea is a no go, I like the gum one but I’m worried about the warning you gave me about choking. Maybe it’s a fluke because of the air quality but I’m certain I have this problem every winter.
When I ran at Western State (Regularly in the minus for the AM runs) a lot of us wore the lower face ski masks. Your perspiration and breath make the mask wet, and keeps the inhaled humidity higher. But if you’re wearing a mask at 60 degrees there is something seriously wrong with you.
John
just get one of those medical masks (you know, the white ones) and tell everyone it’s avian flu season.