Eyestone did it himself when he won XC nationals at Penn State. If I recall correctly it was much colder that year than this year in Madison. Most guys were wearing long sleeves, hats, etc... Eyestone wore shorts, singlet and gloves.
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Started doing some Tris couple years ago, in cold water they use Vaseline to help put on the wetsuit and the cold. I put some on my face and it seemed to work with the cold water feeling.
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Of course it works it's just in today's time many have forgotten of this practice. A few decades ago many ironman used petroleum jelly before starting their swim as isolation and reduce body resistance...sometimes every second advantage HELPS
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BYUinsider wrote:
Virgin, get it!? wrote:
Well done.
Cute joke, although 5 of their 7 are married and are regularly getting more action than the rest of you losers combined.
OK virgin.
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olive oil? wrote:
I've heard of using Vaseline but not olive oil.
Maybe Icy Hot would work even better.
I've heard Olive Oil and Baby Oil- I've used baby oil back in the day.
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I can see how a hydrophobic coating like olive oil or petroleum jelly would reduce the evaporative cooling effect of having water/sweat evaporating directly off your skin.
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I believe there was a story a number of years ago a guy forgot sunscreen at a marathon, used Vaseline instead and ended up dying for overheating because it prevented him from sweating
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HEPS 2015 wrote:
I was there at HEPS 2015 a lot of teams tried this in the driving snow. It didn't work (maybe the precipitation?) and like 10 of us went to the hospital with hypothermia
The Cornell women did it and won. No one hospitalized.
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BRF wrote:
HEPS 2015 wrote:
I was there at HEPS 2015 a lot of teams tried this in the driving snow. It didn't work (maybe the precipitation?) and like 10 of us went to the hospital with hypothermia
The Cornell women did it and won. No one hospitalized.
Aaaaaand I was wrong: It was 2011. Some of the other teams were dressed like Nanook of the North.
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is what we use In cycle cross. It is probably cheaper than olive oil too30
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Secret Mormon ritual. Don't ask, don't tell.
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BRF wrote:
BRF wrote:
The Cornell women did it and won. No one hospitalized.
Aaaaaand I was wrong: It was 2011. Some of the other teams were dressed like Nanook of the North.
Of course, this was after the men’s race that had the hypothermia issues. Most of the men went off in singlet and shorts.
If I remember correctly, the heavy sleet started as the men were on the start line
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stupid idea back then too wrote:
colder and wiser wrote:
My high school coach mentioned this as something people used to do back in the day. And it was 1987 when he was talking to us!
Tights and long-sleeve shirts work better. You wouldn't go out on a training run rubbed in olive oil.
This.
You want to trap a thin layer of warmer air near the skin (this is what clothes do), not actually impede the body's cooling mechanisms (this is what a layer of oil on the skin will do).
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Dan Flashes wrote:
Yeah all those BYU guys are extra virgin
Well played sir, well played
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I use aquaphor or vaseline but mainly on my knees and lips/nose.
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BRF wrote:
Aaaaaand I was wrong: It was 2011. Some of the other teams were dressed like Nanook of the North.
That is badass right there.
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Abby Cooper (D'agostino) used this at NCAA's some years ago and won.
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runningwildandfree wrote:
Abby Cooper (D'agostino) used this at NCAA's some years ago and won.
Note that, in the picture of the Cornell women, Abby appears on our left. Yeah, she won.
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It's definitely a common technique, but best in sub-freezing, dry cold. It seems a little bit much for racing in the 30's.
Last time I saw this was at NXN I think 2013, the frigid cold year at Portland Meadows where it was like 15F clear and dry.
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