Greetings all-
Im a taller guy and have a lot of trouble in the heat. Brainstorming options to avoid the cook-fest that is the St. Croix run (do it every year, every year i hate the run more).
Has anyone ever tried wearing a cooling/ice vest DURING the run of a race?
-the normal protocol for cooling vests is you wear them during warmup, and then take them off for races.
-typical product is here: http://www.arcticheatusa.com/cooling_products.html
-Clearly if you are worried about heat on the run, you cant "wear them during warmup" because tri's dont have warmups for the run (we call that the bike), and any ice vest would melt over the course of a bike leg
-im brainstorming whether you could actually put an ice vest on during T2 and then run in it? The vest (link above) weighs about 2 lbs- so given the traditional rule of 1lb=1 minute in a marathon, that would suggest in a HIM, you pay a weight penalty of just 1 minute- which seems like nothing. St croix run times suggest most people lose 10-20 MINUTES due to the heat of the run- so a cooling solution that only cost you 1 minute in weight seems very interesting...
-of course keepign it frozen until T2 might be exciting- presumably you freeze it overnight, then leave it packed in ice in T2 until you get there?
Anyone try it?
N
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Proud member of the Guru Cartel, EH!
Im a taller guy and have a lot of trouble in the heat. Brainstorming options to avoid the cook-fest that is the St. Croix run (do it every year, every year i hate the run more).
Has anyone ever tried wearing a cooling/ice vest DURING the run of a race?
-the normal protocol for cooling vests is you wear them during warmup, and then take them off for races.
-typical product is here: http://www.arcticheatusa.com/cooling_products.html
-Clearly if you are worried about heat on the run, you cant "wear them during warmup" because tri's dont have warmups for the run (we call that the bike), and any ice vest would melt over the course of a bike leg
-im brainstorming whether you could actually put an ice vest on during T2 and then run in it? The vest (link above) weighs about 2 lbs- so given the traditional rule of 1lb=1 minute in a marathon, that would suggest in a HIM, you pay a weight penalty of just 1 minute- which seems like nothing. St croix run times suggest most people lose 10-20 MINUTES due to the heat of the run- so a cooling solution that only cost you 1 minute in weight seems very interesting...
-of course keepign it frozen until T2 might be exciting- presumably you freeze it overnight, then leave it packed in ice in T2 until you get there?
Anyone try it?
N
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Proud member of the Guru Cartel, EH!