On 9 Oct 2005 05:36:07 -0700, "Lindsay" <
[email protected]> wrote:
>As a runner I was always told don't wear shorts if it is less than 10C,
>which is normally the case during the winter months in the North-East
>of Scotland so it will soon be time to put the running shorts away till
>next year.
Interesting. I have frequently walked in shorts when the tops have
been below zero, though on dry and still days. I have a photo of me
standing on top of Am Bodach in February with Ben Nevis in the
background with me in my zip off shorts, and wearing crampons, taken
at the same time as Transport for London photographed my old car being
driven over Tower Bridge and into the Congestion Charging Zone - a
problem that took 15 months to resolve!
In any weather or time of year I cycle in shorts. Walking or cycling,
I've never considered wearing shorts to be a problem, though I may use
my waterproof trousers to cover up when stopping for lunch, then they
tend to stay on.
I take your point about the blood vessels being close to the surface
but believed that the work of the leg muscles and the increased flow
of blood kept the temperature up.