I should punch myself in the eye for even talking about winter since summer is here, but I have noticed there seems to be alot of questions about what to wear for the winter already. I will give you my experiance with KSO's.
This past winter 09' was the worse winter I have ever experienced so far. I run all year outside, I despise treadmills. Anyways I managed to get by with my KSO's for the whole winter, I actually trained all winter for a maraton, so I had to be out there in all types of conditions.
The coldest temp I ran in was 9 degrees for 5 miles in KSO's with no socks, I never wear socks in the winter as well. I don't like socks with VFF's Anyways that run went well, toes were a bit cold towards the end, but nothing uncomfortable.
I also ran in snow/slush for 7 miles, it was a scheduled run so I had to do it. But survived that run as well, toes were definitely cold, but not to the point of discomfort. I actually ran in dry snow many times which was a blast.
Temps between 25 - 32 dry degrees, my feet were actually warm and very comfortable.
So surviving the winter in KSO's can definitely happen. I did run barefoot in low temps as well, my cut off point is 35 degrees. Anything below 35 degrees I wore VFF's.
This past winter 09' was the worse winter I have ever experienced so far. I run all year outside, I despise treadmills. Anyways I managed to get by with my KSO's for the whole winter, I actually trained all winter for a maraton, so I had to be out there in all types of conditions.
The coldest temp I ran in was 9 degrees for 5 miles in KSO's with no socks, I never wear socks in the winter as well. I don't like socks with VFF's Anyways that run went well, toes were a bit cold towards the end, but nothing uncomfortable.
I also ran in snow/slush for 7 miles, it was a scheduled run so I had to do it. But survived that run as well, toes were definitely cold, but not to the point of discomfort. I actually ran in dry snow many times which was a blast.
Temps between 25 - 32 dry degrees, my feet were actually warm and very comfortable.
So surviving the winter in KSO's can definitely happen. I did run barefoot in low temps as well, my cut off point is 35 degrees. Anything below 35 degrees I wore VFF's.