TOO MUCH CLOTHING

Benji Durden used to heat train all the time. In Atlanta. I remember a summer all comer's meet, he showed up and did the mile. In full sweats. 4:17, I think. Then went on a run.

He won the '80 Olympic Trials, for what that was worth.

Sounds like the Martin Lawrence school of weight managment. Good for heat stroke.

If weight loss is his target, that'll work.........for a few minutes, until he drinks some water after his run. All he'll be doing is losing more fluid through sweat, which will come right back when he's dying of thirst and needs to hammer down several glasses of water.

yeah - i believe weight loss is his main objective. I thought it was silly - more mileage would be my solution, but I wanted to see if maybe he was on to something

well, other than temporary weight loss, running in excessive clothes will help you adapt to running in real hot weather, unless it is already 90+ then you are stupid.

Wearing sweats is typical of the Africans, and it doesn't seem to affect them.

Yeah, the Kenyans I see always wear full sweats and tights. It can be 85-90 degrees and they are out there in tights and a wind top.

As far as getting in shape faster, I think it's meaningless. I do know someone who wore sweats a lot when training for bigger summer races. His theory is that it teaches the body to sweat efficiently. There may be some truth to this...it might have helped some of the northeaserners at Boston last year...but what if the day had been cool?

Benji Durden did not win the 1980 olympic trials. Tony Sandoval did.

Well there is a study by the the Biologist Ultra Endurance Runner who noticed that Beatles with warmer body temperatures were faster than the cooler ones. Not only that, the hot beatles could outrun us and even fly when the colder beatles couldn't fly and you could actually catch up to one.

Also, it warm areas layering up can be more effective than sun screen if your doing a lot of miles during peak sun hours this time of year.

You talkin George, Ringo, John & Paul? Cool.

Ron Dawes, The Self-Made Olympian. Sheesh, do we have to explain everything to you young-uns?

I habitually train in a top hat and wear a fur lined jock strap - nothing else, it's absolutely vital to keep the essentials warm.

I think Carol Henry and the rest of the North Carolina ladies team wears too much clothes at their meets. Who needs them ?

I DON'T have a problemwith menand rare chics running with clothes, but there should be a law forbidding attractive females to wear clothing.

I hate it when I have to use a stationary bike in a rec center and people turn off the fans so that they sweat more... leaving me to absolutely die since I'm actually sweating from working hard. Then they don't even plug in the fan after their five minute workout!! Come on!!!

Oh well, at least they're trying... they really need to have nationwide seminars for today's adults, teaching them what kind of stuff is healthy exercise and what kind of stuff isn't.