Exercise and nutrition expert Nancy Clark offers important information and advice on staying hydrated and energized for cold weather runners. Here is what she is writes in a nutshell:

• You don’t feel as thirsty in cold weather but your body need still needs water, so drink. Make the extra effort to drink even if you don’t feel thirsty. Being dehydrated will hurt your running. Room temperature water is best to drink, try not to drink ice water.

• Wet clothes will extract your body heat. Dress in layers so you will sweat less and stay dryer.Strip down as you get warmer.

• Eating not only provides you with energy but your body furnace will work to process the fuel and this will also warm your body.

• Good food for cold weather running is oatmeal with dried fruit and nuts.

• Good recovery food for winter runners include hot cocoa, oatmeal with nuts, lentil soup and meatballs and spagetti.

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