The size of my noggin is a running joke among my friends, but it’s no joke when I’m trying to find a hat that actually fits. I’m a size 7 7/8 to size 8, which is about as big as they come.
Most of the time, this isn’t a problem, as I’m not big into wearing hats. BUT, I’d like to have a nice running hat to wear during the half-marathon next week to keep the sweat out of my face. Nothing at Days Sports or Dicks even came close to fitting well, with most looking like a yarmulke. I just burned a couple of hours looking online with no real success.
So, any suggestions out there? I have a Nike winter hat that will work, except that I really don’t want to support Nike by advertising for them (because of the sweatshops, etc). I bought the hat before I learned that they’re still as bad as ever.
According to the Educating for Justice group, between 50 and 100 percent of Nike factories require more working hours than those permitted by the Code of Conduct. In 25 to 50 percent of factories, workers are required to work 7 days a week, and in the same percentage of factories, workers are still paid less than the local minimum wage. (source)
So, any suggestions as to where I can find a nice large sweat-wicking hat? Might a headband work? How about a visor? Have runners worn those since Olivia Newton John’s “Let’s Get Physical” days?
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Or so this new study seems to indicate. Essentially, the article details a study done by German scientists that seems to say that consistent, long-term exercise makes a significant difference in how much one’s cells age. As someone who’s now closer to 50 than 25 (*shudder*) and has been exercising fairly regularly for almost a year now, this is of some importance to me. I’d like to be able to enjoy my later years as much as possible, and it seems that regular exercise is an important step towards that goal.
Another nifty side effect of regular exercise (not really measurable) is that the older study subjects who exercised LOOKED younger. From the article:
It ‘‘was striking,’’ recalls Dr. Christian Werner, an internal-medicine resident at Saarland University Clinic in Homburg, ‘‘to see in our study that many of the middle-aged athletes looked much younger than sedentary control subjects of the same age.’’
I have noticed a real difference in how I FEEL since I’ve started exercising. I’m just more energetic, more optimistic, and, oddly, my normally sieve-like memory has seemed to be better of late. Who knows if there’s a correlation between exercise and memory, but there are proven correlations with cholesterol, weight, blood pressure, heart disease, Type-2 diabetes, etc. Now we know that your body’s cells, it’s building blocks of existence benefit from exercise.
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