[Wormius]

I thought once winter hit, I would move my daily running from outdoors to an indoor environment, but I think I would rather just invest a bit in some outdoor gear and get back to running outdoors. Now that I haven't been running since it got cold and icy, I have been feeling like crap.

Not sure how many people here are engaged in running, but I have a few questions about shoes and transitioning from a fair weather outdoor runner to cold weather / snow running.

First thing is the clothes - since shorts and t-shirts are cheap, I have enough to last a week before having to do laundry. Pants and long-sleeved shirts are less cheap, and rather than do laundry every day or buy a weeks worth of outdoor running pants and tops what the options? What do people do here? Just let them air out overnight? I figure there might be some parallels between this and the winter cyclists?

Second is winter running shoes vs Yaktrax. I like the thought of the Yaktrax type devices since they can be used on any of my shoes, but most reviews seem to indicate that they eventually start coming apart, things break, not good when you get to bare pavement, etc. Would a pair of running shoes that use the Artic Grip soles be better? They're more expensive than Yaktrax type items, but might be better when running along the trails or sidewalks and getting a mix of bare pavement and snow / ice.