Everything You Need to Know About Running In the Cold

I figured this article was appropriate for today...at least for most of us.

http://gizmodo.com/5978216/everything-you-need-to-know-about-running-in-the-cold

So I have a question or 2 about wool.  How cold would it have to be (or cold and windy) would you wear wool?  And I presume a wool shirt would probably be the 2nd layer, over a shirt?  I'm thinking scratchy wool against the skin.

Are there thin wool socks?  thanks.

I'd take 34F and raining right now instead of -1F.

 

Michele \"1L" Keane wrote:I'd take 34F and raining right now instead of -1F.

I know I can skip it ...

Nick Morris wrote: 

Michele \"1L" Keane wrote:I'd take 34F and raining right now instead of -1F.

Nope. A -1°F is a stunt run, and you can stay relatively dry and warm, with the right gear. A 34° rainy run? Hypothermia city, no matter the gear. And because it's so much more common, nobody in their right mind would run it just to say they did it.

ounce wrote:So I have a question or 2 about wool.  How cold would it have to be (or cold and windy) would you wear wool?  And I presume a wool shirt would probably be the 2nd layer, over a shirt?  I'm thinking scratchy wool against the skin.

Are there thin wool socks?  thanks.

Oh, that's right. Texas boy.

You need to acquaint yourself with Smartwool. It's soft, warm and comfortable.

I have Smartwool socks, and they're fabulous for when it gets really cold. I suspect their tops would be just as good.

Nike makes a nice un-scratchy wool top (click here), and SportHill makes wonderful cold-weather tops (click here) that use synthetics that wick and still block wind amazingly well.

Mark B wrote:

ounce wrote:So I have a question or 2 about wool.  How cold would it have to be (or cold and windy) would you wear wool?  And I presume a wool shirt would probably be the 2nd layer, over a shirt?  I'm thinking scratchy wool against the skin.

Are there thin wool socks?  thanks.

Oh, that's right. Texas boy.

You need to acquaint yourself with Smartwool. It's soft, warm and comfortable.

I have Smartwool socks, and they're fabulous for when it gets really cold. I suspect their tops would be just as good.

Nike makes a nice un-scratchy wool top (click here), and SportHill makes wonderful cold-weather tops (click here) that use synthetics that wick and still block wind amazingly well.

Yup. /spits to spitoon.

Smartwool!  Yes, I have long johns from Smartwool that I got at REI for when I hiked Half Dome.  Those are nice.  They'd never work as running tights, though.

This Texas boy thanks you.

 

Mark B wrote:

Nick Morris wrote: 

Michele \"1L" Keane wrote:I'd take 34F and raining right now instead of -1F.

Nope. A -1°F is a stunt run, and you can stay relatively dry and warm, with the right gear. A 34° rainy run? Hypothermia city, no matter the gear. And because it's so much more common, nobody in their right mind would run it just to say they did it.

Not even me? 

ounce wrote:

Mark B wrote:

ounce wrote:So I have a question or 2 about wool.  How cold would it have to be (or cold and windy) would you wear wool?  And I presume a wool shirt would probably be the 2nd layer, over a shirt?  I'm thinking scratchy wool against the skin.

Are there thin wool socks?  thanks.

Oh, that's right. Texas boy.

You need to acquaint yourself with Smartwool. It's soft, warm and comfortable.

I have Smartwool socks, and they're fabulous for when it gets really cold. I suspect their tops would be just as good.

Nike makes a nice un-scratchy wool top (click here), and SportHill makes wonderful cold-weather tops (click here) that use synthetics that wick and still block wind amazingly well.

Yup. /spits to spitoon.

Smartwool!  Yes, I have long johns from Smartwool that I got at REI for when I hiked Half Dome.  Those are nice.  They'd never work as running tights, though.

This Texas boy thanks you.

 

Wool tights? Ooo. Now that'd add a nice 19th century flair to your running experience...

Mark B wrote:

ounce wrote:

Mark B wrote:

ounce wrote:So I have a question or 2 about wool.  How cold would it have to be (or cold and windy) would you wear wool?  And I presume a wool shirt would probably be the 2nd layer, over a shirt?  I'm thinking scratchy wool against the skin.

Are there thin wool socks?  thanks.

Oh, that's right. Texas boy.

You need to acquaint yourself with Smartwool. It's soft, warm and comfortable.

I have Smartwool socks, and they're fabulous for when it gets really cold. I suspect their tops would be just as good.

Nike makes a nice un-scratchy wool top (click here), and SportHill makes wonderful cold-weather tops (click here) that use synthetics that wick and still block wind amazingly well.

Yup. /spits to spitoon.

Smartwool!  Yes, I have long johns from Smartwool that I got at REI for when I hiked Half Dome.  Those are nice.  They'd never work as running tights, though.

This Texas boy thanks you.

 

Wool tights? Ooo. Now that'd add a nice 19th century flair to your running experience...

My brother tells me that silk socks do the same thing as wool socks and is commonly used in skiing.  Anybody else know about this?