yes, mittens are warmer than gloves. They trap more air and have less surface area to radiate heat.

Not sure why one needs specific "running" mittens, but my best mittens for running in cold come from an outdoor store. My hands are fairly small so I can sometimes use kids' snow mittens. In most cases you'd probably want to stay away from the ones that winter mountaineering expeditions, snow machiners, etc use - and even some ski mittens are too bulky.

We haven't gotten cold this year yet, but I've been using some lightweight ones from REI in warmer temps and Sporthill SP3 ones down to about 20F. They're light enough that I can still hit the lap button on my Polar hrm.

I do have some heavier, somewhat insulated shells that I can slip over lighter ones for coldest temperatures, but rarely use them.

Some people just use socks, but I find them too breezy.

No need for special running mittens. I use whatever is too worn to wear for other purposes. I've also used old wool socks. Anything made of wool works well, but I suppose fleece mittens would work too.

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AKTrail are you a trail runner? I have been thinking of doing a trail run (for fun) in Feb....10 miles. I have been running for 2 years now and thought it would be interesting.....<HR>

Yes. Do it. They're a bunch of fun. Don't worry about pace, but just run by feel. If I can, I try to find out about the course regarding footing and hills ahead of time, but sometimes just run it and take what comes my way. Warning: you may get hooked. Enjoy!!

I have some running "mittens" that I really like. Actually, they are only shells made out of nylon or some wind breaking material. The shell mittens are small enough to keep in my jacket pocket. When I'm running for a few miles into the wind and my hands get cold, I put the shells on over my light gloves. Then when turn down wind again, I can take the shells off. Works good.

Glittens..so that's what I have...I found a pair at Target for $5 a couple of years ago and swear by them. Warm at the beginning, then open the top and voila, 1/2 gloves...They are great, get a pair!

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My hands will sweat in mittens once I get warmed up after the frist couple of miles, so I do like the one swith the high tech fabrics to wick away any moisture. Same idea with running gloves.

I used to have a pair of "glittens" basically a glove with a pouch like section that you could pull over your hand to turn it into a mitten for super cold weather. Haven't been running in super cold the last few years, but those glittens wer really great when I needed them.<HR>

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I have a shirt that has a flip over thingy for hands that right now I am finding to get too warm after a mile so I might do cheapy mittens from target. Haven't tried them because i don't have anything to put them in yet when my hands get to warm for them. Might do a throw back to preschool and join them by a string!!