I used to run for hours in NorCal and SoCal every weekend and experimented a lot. I found that:
- you should use sunscreen. I use Hawaiian Tropics sports edition or Neutrogina Hydroboost sunscreen (I hate very thick creams)
- sunscreen is not enough. I argue that good hydration and taking antioxidants(fruit/powder juice/supplements like vitamin c and alpha lipoic acid/etc) might be just as important if not more. You can get away with not using sunscreen for under an hour if you do that. I have not tested this for over an hour activities so can’t recommend.
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I used to run for hours in NorCal and SoCal every weekend and experimented a lot. I found that:
- you should use sunscreen. I use Hawaiian Tropics sports edition or Neutrogina Hydroboost sunscreen (I hate very thick creams)
- sunscreen is not enough. I argue that good hydration and taking antioxidants(fruit/powder juice/supplements like vitamin c and alpha lipoic acid/etc) might be just as important if not more. You can get away with not using sunscreen for under an hour if you do that. I have not tested this for over an hour activities so can’t recommend.