I am doing a run through with Fenris armour, and will be onto Moder when gained enough food. Using the claws and a draugr bow and mostly wood arrows, its good enough apart from when you get swarmed. The only mob that is a pita, because I am not using a shield is the stone golem. Fenris armour in ice caves is great and I have enough dps to kill 1 star wolves.
I have not been into plains much with it, but on a few occasions, again with claws, I have enough power to kill pairs of fulings as long as no stars, and can always use bows to soften them up. Fist combat with light armour requires more precise attack timing to make it work, if I get the first hit in on a wolf its trivial, miss the first I have to dodge once to reset the timing.
The extra run speed has saved me a few times by using terrain. Does it need a boost? I am not sure tbh consuming less stamina is always beneficial.