I was racing the Breck Epic a number of years ago, and feeling self conscious about my lack of fitness and my body trending toward a more round shape than a lifetime earlier, so I slapped on some baggies over my bib shorts. The first climb of the second day was several miles, about half of it under a nice August sun. I started to cook a mile or so in, pulled over, ditched the baggies, and left them off for the duration of the race (until I DNFed due to heatstroking myself myself on day four, regardless of going full Lycra). Skintight Lycra - when going as hard as you can for anywhere more than an hour - is pretty amazing stuff in terms of shedding body heat, for sure.
Nov. 4, 2022, 9:42 a.m. - Mike Ferrentino
I was racing the Breck Epic a number of years ago, and feeling self conscious about my lack of fitness and my body trending toward a more round shape than a lifetime earlier, so I slapped on some baggies over my bib shorts. The first climb of the second day was several miles, about half of it under a nice August sun. I started to cook a mile or so in, pulled over, ditched the baggies, and left them off for the duration of the race (until I DNFed due to heatstroking myself myself on day four, regardless of going full Lycra). Skintight Lycra - when going as hard as you can for anywhere more than an hour - is pretty amazing stuff in terms of shedding body heat, for sure.