desol said:
JohnRoberts said:
Last summer I made a vest I loaded up with ice cubes to wear while running outside.
What color was it? (please say transparent)
The Ice vest is a WIP and not worthy of a photo, yet.
last years model was a repurposed old white mesh running shirt that I folded up to sew some large pockets into the front and back. I wore it under a normal T-shirt and looked a little lumpy starting out.
In the course of running my 5 miles, even a couple pounds of ice completely melted, and it was uncomfortably cold for the first mile or so. later I added some thin micro foam to make it less uncomfortable at the start, and hopefully slow down the rate of melt.
I used baggies to hold the ice cubes and after the ice melts I can drink the water.
I would love to come up with some way to draw my breathing air in through the ice, so I could inhale cool air directly into my lungs where my blood is trying to dump core heat to the outside air. Of course you don't want something hard to breath through while running.
Even though I was carrying a few pounds of extra ice, it was well worth it.
As the summer gets hotter I may revisit this. I can really notice the difference when the air temp gets up above 98.6' and any light breeze feels hotter instead of cooler.
BTW, running 5 miles in 100' heat is not for casual runners... don't try this at home...
JR