A not-quite-on-topic, and in any case no longer attainable factor in cold weather warmth is youth. Back when I was in my 20s, youthful hot blood, to use another weird Victorian concept, kept me warm in cold weather. During my 5 years in La Ville de Kebek, I did my 4 miles of running outside in temps as low as -17*F (the high on the coldest day I ran; I went X-country skiiing at 20 below or lower), and my kit was poor-grad-student cheap: regular running shoes over thick wool socks from some sort of Eastern Canadian chain store, thin, cotton Kmart sweat pants, and cotton T shirt under cheap ditto cotton sweatshirt under high quality but very old anorak with peeling water barrier, plus acrylic scarf and *toque,* and cheap fleece-lined leather work gloves. I only ever felt cold on that -17* high day; on most days, I'd peel off scarf and open anorak zipper halfway through my 4 miles, running, not jogging. Interesting, I always felt more energetic on very cold days; I guess the body expends little energy in heat dissipation when it's well below freezing (temps when snow feels like dense styrofoam). My puny youthful moustache would be entirely encased in a chrysalis of ice (this was late '70s and early '80s).
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