
LEGS, INSULATED
Craft ADV Essence Tights
$$ mid-range within winter gear
A proper running tight from a Scandinavian brand that understands the assignment. Legs need less insulation than your torso thinks they do, so one good pair covers most of the winter — add a wind brief or shell pant only when the wind chill gets personal.
Best for: every run between -5 and -20
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Worth knowing about winter gear
- Cotton kills the vibe: it soaks up sweat, holds it against your skin, and turns kilometre six into a refrigeration experiment — merino or synthetic, always.
- Traction is for ice, not snow: fresh snow just needs your normal shoes and lower expectations, but the shiny grey stuff needs spikes.
- A headlamp beats reflective-only: reflective gear needs a driver's headlights to work, while a headlamp is visible from every angle and shows you the ice first.
- The treadmill isn't cheating: when it's freezing rain on glare ice, the runner who lives to train tomorrow wins — save the heroics for race day.
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