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| Hi, Thanks Tom.
This is the first serious winter running for me, last winter I was a 15-min street runner  . hence these queries.
I think I am getting your point, but just to make sure: can you elaborate why you ask about the hat when I am talking about the fingers?
No, I was not wearing a hat up to now, but now with temp hitting zero, I will. Will see if dressing warmly helps too.
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People say that putting a hat on when you have cold hands and feet is an old wife's tale but ignore them.
Your body will try and ensure that you get warm blood pumped to your brain - it's the last thing to shut down.
If you are cold, it will do this at the expense of your furthermost capillaries from your heart by restricting them - i.e. your hands and your feet.
Thus, you'll get cold hands and feet before anything else.
And, to compound the problem, your hands especially, are really sensitive to the cold due to all the nerves so you'll feel the cold more there.
Putting a hat on reduces the heat loss from your head - where you need to keep it most.
The beauty of a hat is that they are a brilliant way to regulate the body temperature - easy to put on or take off and light to carry.
Even if you have Raynaud's Disease, a hat will still help.