It was kinda cold and dry for my run yesterday, so I wore an N95 to warm and moisten my breath.

[sir pball]

It was a tad harsh breathing weather, so I wore a brand-new 8210 to make sure I had nicely heated, damp air to inhale.

Running is the only sport I'm actually good at, I won the coveted Master of Sports award in high school for eleven varsity letters on it, so while I think this is a catastrophically slow performance it's objectively not bad at all, and if I say the mask helped, it helped...shit, I have plenty of sedate friends who make 5K a goal and get psyched if they can do it at all, let alone this fast.

If you "can't breathe" in an N95 you're a fucking snowflake.

[sir pball]

3. Nah, it's a shit time for me lol

It's an all downhill course so it's artificially inflated; my 5K PR is 16:53 and that was on a hilly XC course...I was serious when I said I was actually a good runner

That said, I do know it's still a 90th-percentile performance, and if I can wear an N95 and sustain a heart rate over 168 with the concomitant breathing needs for almost the entire stretch, you can certainly manage to wander around a store for a half hour wearing one.

[Walleye]

2. Good job! I had a terrible sinus infection and was wearing a mask to alleviate that when I was outsi

[OneBlueDotS-Carolina]

4. Canada's Hockey Team Play Entire Olympic Match With Masks

Canada’s Hockey Team Play Entire Olympic Match With Masks On After Delayed Covid-19 Tests



https://www.forbes.com/sites/victoriaforster/2022/02/07/canadas-hockey-team-play-entire-olympic-match-with-masks-on-after-delayed-covid-19-tests/?sh=3d49853e3dcd

[sir pball]

5. That was what inspired this post

Absolutely no shade on hockey players but they can at least slow down for a bit, take a break if they really need to - you don't get that luxury when running. The only way to be better is to simply push (and breathe) harder.

[OneBlueDotS-Carolina]

6. Agreed, 100%

Both the US & Canadian teams have excellent coaching, meaning they have excellent line discipline, not letting their players stay on the ice for longer than needed, so they can recuperate quickly between shifts.

[Sympthsical]

8. Takes some getting used to indoors

I can see it being super useful in your context. It's like having a nice scarf when it's twenty below. The moisture is protecting your lungs and retaining heat.

But indoors at the gym, that was kind of a thing. It's already somewhat humid in the space. I use an arc trainer there five days a week, and those first few weeks back. Ugh. I hate humidity, and it felt like I was running in the middle of Midwestern summer. I'm not claustrophobic, but a mask with HIIT can be really unpleasant.

But, as in all things, it's just something to be dealt with. I dislike it, but whatkinyado.

[sir pball]

9. I have a really high tolerance for heat/humidity

I'm OK running in the middle of the day in an NYC summer, 90s both temperature and humidity, so even indoors a mask doesn't kill me. I've been wearing one spinning in the gym for most of the pandemic but that's not the kind of performance that gets people's attention.

[OneBlueDotS-Carolina]

10. Hard for me....

as it's very hard to smoke while jogging, add a mask...

Old Guy Lafleur joke.....

[Poiuyt]

11. I used to just wrap a scarf loosely around my face when I ran in WI winters

It kept the cold air from being rammed down my throat. I usually didn't need to do that, but when it got really REALLY cold and windy, I would.

[ananda]

12. I love my K95 masks.

They are comfortable and breathing is
no problem.

I like them when the air is cold too.

[Emile]

13. I admire you, myself I never could run.

[Raftergirl]

15. I play tennis 2x week indoors with a mask on.

My group has two courts and we all wear masks when playing. We all,got used to it very quickly.

I also wear my mask outdoors when going on a walk as it keeps my nose warm and my lips from getting chapped.