This year's race day weather in Kona in theory was cooler then in 2015 which I also had opportunity to fight with. At least this is what my Edge 520 is telling me.
But my perception tells me 2017 was a day in a hell I've never experienced yet.
I'm trying to find reasons for that and what is the main difference for me is the trisuit I was using this year - Kiwami Spider LD vs Castelli BodyPaint SS
Castelli was thin like silk, very delicate where Kiwami fabric is rather thick and more rigid. It also has more black parts then Castelli and although it was suppose to be cold black it didn't appear so that day.
I was using Kiwami previously on one of the hot races and I also had some problems with cooling down, but didn't associate it with suit itself but with a poor support on aid stations - hot drink, no ice.
Does anyone else has similar feelings about this suit?
I felt overheated already on bike and pouring bottles of icy cold water on whole body did help much.
On the run it was even worse even though I was putting 6+ cups of ice under the suit on each aid station.
BTW I have sun tattoo on my back in the shape of the green stripe :)