Cold hands are the thing I hate most about winter running — here's the 3 sets of gloves I plan to use this year

There are a lot of reasons why running in the winter is not as fun as running in the summer. It’s colder, wetter and where I am it gets dark at 4pm, which still comes as a horrible shock to me every year.

Fortunately, all of these problems can be mitigated by having the right apparel and accessories, and I’d say running gloves are an absolute essential for anyone planning to run outside through the winter months.

I’d also say you need more than one pair of running gloves, so you can use the ones that suit the conditions best. Lightweight gloves will keep the chill away early on in winter, but won’t be warm enough for deep winter, while heavy-duty and waterproof gloves are great for the worst of the weather, but get uncomfortably hot and sweaty on milder days.

I have three sets of gloves