I’ve given up on persuading individuals to take up working exterior in winter. Gyms are wonderful! And if pulling on a number of layers of clothes and lights to run exterior within the grim, freezing darkish is not one thing that calls to you, a couple of well-meaning phrases in all probability will not do the trick. 

But working in these lengthy, dreary months is an opportunity to provide cabin fever the finger and get some much-needed contemporary air and vitamin D. Do you want some recommendations on learn how to stop hypothermia whilst you trot alongside? I pulled collectively a number of the gear that will get me out day-after-day, together with a couple of starter suggestions. Be positive to additionally try our Best Fitness Trackers and Best Running Shoe guides—and all of the gear that helped WIRED’s former editor in chief run faster marathons in his forties.

Updated February 2023: We added our favourite cold-weather working picks, like Patagonia Pack Out Tights.

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