Heated Air Runner's Mask

For me, the worst part about winter exercise is the cold air moving into my body. I get either an incredibly dry nose and generally dehydrated, or this annoying runny nose that leaves nasty trails on my sleeve as I try to wipe away the drainage.

Now, in theory, this is normal. Your body is supposed to heat the air you bring in through your nose, but sometimes that's just not enough. So you adjust your breathing, get off pace, get irritated, say "Screw it!" and go home in a huff. Or at least, I do.

So, I don't exercise as much, and become a jolly holiday lardass.

Solution: Heated air.

A small heating element is safely ensconced within a breathing mask that covers both nose and mouth. Air that you inhale is necessarily forced across the heating element and is warmed, more than the standard neoprene Gator mask does (see link), since that's passive and this is active.

The mask is made of soft neoprene and rests on the bridge of the subject's nose, with the bridgepiece also neoprene. A rechargable battery powers the device, which turns on when snapped closed around the back of the head.

A small three-setting temperature adjustment switch is located on the outside of the mask, in the back.