Next to proper clothing, the most important thing for winter running is attitude. I have not run in the extremes as some have (the -23F and such) but I have run in very cold 10F and howling wind and blinding snow. The clothing allows me to stay warm, but the attitude gets me out the door and allows for greta runs each and every time. All conditions are IRC!

I like the ski goggles idea. I would get some funny looks, though!

I have heard of people trying this... put hot water in a water bottle and head out. this keeps your hands warm untill the point where 1. the water bottle is no longer warm, and 2. you are generating enough heat that your hands are not as cold. Then 3. you can drink the water now. It seems to me like this would not be enough in really cold days and below 40 you'll probably want gloves anyway. Esspecially if the wind is blowing. So maybe this only works for 40-50 degrees.

I don't have a tip, I just want to move south. I understand there is humidity. I'll still trade my Dec-Jen-Feb for your June-July-August.

Fiddlesticks to that. Maybe you could handle August in Houston, but I bet you wouldn't like the accompanying bugs. Move to Seattle or Portland! We have bugs, but they aren't nearly as bad. And, at least in Seattle, we ain't got snakes. And the ants... which we do have... don't really bite/sting. Much.

What's "daylight", as related to "running"? Oh yeah, I think I see that in June sometimes.

Let's see, here in southern California, winter means wearing shorts down almost to your knees, tech shirts with sleeves, and adding a hat is practically mandatory.

That's a good idea, Kevin. I never would have thought of it. I know my running partner has dry skin, so I'll tell her about it, too.

When it's below 10 degrees F, I usually wear one of those ski mask things, but they do make me awfully warm. So the Vaseline protects you well enough that exposed skin is OK??