Clothing for -11 to -14degC

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icenutter Feb 2018 6:35pm, 11 Feb 2018 87 posts	0 icenutter I have cause to be in Kiruna, in the north of Sweden, for work next week. Looking at the weather forecast it will be -11 to -14 degC early in the morning when I’ll have the chance to go for a run. So what would you wear for a run in temperatures like that. I’m asking because I have to pack now, so can’t revise my clothing later!
LazyDaisy Feb 2018 6:47pm, 11 Feb 2018 21,440 posts	0 LazyDaisy I personally wouldn't run in those temperatures! But good merino base layers, hat and gloves plus a buff to breathe through must be givens, icenutter?
chunkywizard Feb 2018 8:21pm, 11 Feb 2018 5,498 posts	0 chunkywizard 3 layers on top and reduce to 2 when you warm up?
Fierce and Focused Fleecy Feb 2018 8:37pm, 11 Feb 2018 40,049 posts	0 Fierce and Focused Fleecy Hat coat gloves balaclava and everything you own? Where’s ITG when you need her? She must run in those temps all the time! It probably also depends on the wind chill too...
Oranj Feb 2018 8:40pm, 11 Feb 2018 794 posts	0 Oranj I seem to remember that Grete Waitz's autobiography started with something like "At 6am I put on three tracksuits and head out for a run"
StuH Feb 2018 10:03pm, 11 Feb 2018 2,124 posts	0 StuH Shorts and a vest ;-P
Dvorak Feb 2018 10:05pm, 11 Feb 2018 15,453 posts	0 Dvorak When it got to -13C up here a few years ago I wore three ts and a fleece, pus hat and gloves. And shorts. Tbh I did wonder about the shorts. And didn't run very far. Although, it was a very dry cold, which I believe is generally what Sweden is like, so it definitely didn't feel as bad as some times where it has been 10C warmer.
Dvorak Feb 2018 10:06pm, 11 Feb 2018 15,454 posts	0 Dvorak *plus hat. A pus hat would be ... unspeakable. And cold, I would imagine.
Dvorak Feb 2018 10:16pm, 11 Feb 2018 15,455 posts	0 Dvorak Strathclyde parkrun, that winter. (My highest ever parkrun finish, 18th. Out of, admittedly, 25 finishers (and a couple of people gave up). Of those, 5 are now 250ers, 7x 100; 6x 50.)
Velociraptor Feb 2018 10:17pm, 11 Feb 2018 37,723 posts	0 Velociraptor I assumed you were a trendsetter. pussyhatproject.com