How to Dress for Cold Weather Walking

When walking in the cold, your shirt should be made of a wicking fabric rather than cotton or a cotton blend. In the winter, I wear a long-sleeved CoolMax or other polyester wicking fabric shirt. Cotton would hold in any sweat and you will end feeling cold and clammy. A wicking fabric shirt will take the moisture off your skin while providing a base layer.

As it happens, many marathons and half marathons give finishers the perfect shirt to wear for winter walking -- a technical wicking fabric long-sleeved shirt. I usually wear my Portland Marathon finisher shirts for cold weather walking.

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