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2015-02-22 9:31 PM


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Subject: Cold hands on runs--glove suggestion
ran 11 miles this weekend--12 degrees outside. I'm having trouble keeping my hands warm. Any glove I use keep them warm for a few miles, but after the gloves get wet from sweat, my hands freeze inside. I have used lightweight Nike and reebok runners gloves. On weekend run, I wore manzella windstopper gloves.

I also struggle with a bit of raynoulds-my fingers go cold easily and will go pale white if too cold. It's odd, but contributes to my desire to keep my hands wArm

Any suggestions for a pair of gloves that would keep my hands warm but wic moisture? Lookin for something that would work at temps of 0 to 30 degrees. I'm also thinking of trying those lobster claw gloves--any thoughts on those?

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2015-02-22 10:05 PM
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Subject: RE: Cold hands on runs--glove suggestion
I also have Raynaud's. The only thing that I have discovered to keep the cold hands/sweat situation from happening is wearing the old school knit mittens that are fingerless gloves with a flap that is a mitten. This way I can kind of regulate my hand temps.
2015-02-22 10:12 PM
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Subject: RE: Cold hands on runs--glove suggestion
I wear light nylon running mittens over my light gloves when in the teens or colder. A lot of cross country skiers wear the lobster claws when really cold with success.

Trial and error.... Good luck.
2015-02-23 4:30 AM
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I wear regular running gloves and on frigid days I'll put a pair of ankle socks over top of those. A coworker with Raynaud's wears a pair of rubber hospital gloves under is regular gloves when working outside. I've done that on bike rides in the cold and it helps a lot with cutting the wind. Good luck with Reynaud's, my wife has it too and its a bummer!
2015-02-23 8:21 AM
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I have a pair of Hotfingers Ski mittens that I use for running in the cold. They look ridiculous (especially since I still wear shorts most of the time) but I haven't had to worry about cold fingers since.





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2015-02-23 10:29 AM
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2015-02-23 11:06 AM
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Being from ND/MN, I have run in some pretty cold weather.  Since HS I've used socks on my hands in the winter.  I usually use fairly well worn tube/crew socks.  Since they're pretty thin by the point I use them as "mittens", at the coldest temps, my hands are a little chilly for the first mile or so.  Eventually, they warm up to a nice comfy temp.

2015-02-23 4:13 PM
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Everyone has different temperature tolerances but here is my list.
0 to - 5 : nylon gloves (23 to 32 F)
- 5 to - 10: thick wool gloves (14 to 22 F)
- 10 to - 15: nylon gloves with cross country ski mitts (5 to 13 F)
- 15 to - 25: thick wool gloves with cross country ski mitts (-13 to 13F)
below - 25 : thick wool gloves with winter mitts. (below -13 F)

You want to have something that is wicking next to your skin to pull the sweat away from your hands. You want to pull off layers as soon as your hands start to get warm because you don't want water (sweat) on your skin sucking the heat out of them. You want something breathable and windproof such as cross country ski mitts to let the moisture out and keep the wind out. Below - 25, I seldom sweat on my hands so my winter mitts are alright even though they are not breathable.
Note: Here (in Northern Ontario) mitts are the hand garb that have all the fingers together and gloves have individual fingers.

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2015-02-24 8:47 AM
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Good advice here. It's a personal thing you have to experiment with. My hands tend to get cold so I usually layer up, just like your core. Down to about 25, I wear OR PL400 gloves, under 25 I'll add a Smartwool liner. If it's windy I'll add a nylon shell (either OR or NorthFace). Some models come with a pocket on the back for chemical hand warmer packets, which are awesome on really cold, windy days. Down around zero, I go with an OR mitt shell, just like the ski mitts shown above.

I like a layer system cuz you can add or subtract as needed, versus the all-in-one gloves/mitts which are all or nothing.
2015-02-25 1:28 PM
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Not sure how old you are, but I suddenly started having Raynaulds at the age of 52. I really like layers and use the Hincapie wool liners with a cover layer of some kind to break the wind. I will also use ski gloves at times. If it is really cold I will put disposable handwarmer packets in the gloves. I also take generic Sildenafil (Viagra) 20mg daily when there is cold weather in the forecast. It is an "off label use" but seems to be working so far. I'm really looking forward to warm weather but will be snow skiing next week
2015-02-25 1:36 PM
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My hands get cold at anything under 45 degrees.

What I found works is I have a pair of touch screen running gloves (from Target - C9 brand) and have a pair of Smartwool liners that I put over them. Once I get warm, I can shed one layer and still have some wind protection.

the liners are great - I wear them over my cycling gloves on days where it is chilly in the morning, but I know I won't need anything later.


2015-02-25 2:37 PM
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I use DAKOTA work Gloves they are designed to be used by outside workers for extended periods so they are flexible and have good grip pads they breath well and are pretty warm usually 32 to 35 dollars a pair though so not exactly cheap.
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