That was cold!

10 outside by myself. It was -4 when I left. I had toe warmers inside my shoes. Double gloves. A ski mask (ha), 0 degree running tights, wool half zip, and my alpine down coat on. I headed out towards benjamin and hooked a left to horse corner. I almost turned around in the first mile because my fingers felt like they would snap off. But I shook my arms around. That helped. Then mile 2 a dog came tearing out of nowhere I had didn't have anything on to defend me. So I ran faster. (mental note: don't forget pepper spray ever). After the pick up pace running from the dog, somehow my hands stopped being cold, and even started sweating and feeling to hot?! weird.
My lungs didn't feel that great throughout, and correct me someone if I am wrong, I felt like it was affecting my performance negatively. I just had no pep or pick up. I think my avg was a 7:50. Not horrible but some of my miles were slower than that. I felt kind of lousy about my lack of pep. But then again, my breathing felt thick and weird.
I haven't tried to run in anything quite this cold since 2003 and 2004. no more excuses.