Staying Cool: Temperature Management Ideas from the Tour de France

Interesting article, Timv. I have noticed myself that my heart rate and performance suffer once temps are over 85 deg F or so, but I never really thought I could actually do something about it! Lately I have seen increasing numbers of walkers or joggers wearing ice vests. It'll be interesting to see how all this will break down to the average roadskater (huh! An oxymoron there) or cyclist. Ice socks around the neck sounds like a good idea. In the same vein as beating the elements in a portable fashion: back in the 80s and early 90s when straight, flat hair wasn't the coveted beauty mark that it is now, I used to fantasize about inventing an anti-humidity hair device that (mostly) women could wear from their house to their cars then from their cars to the office to preserve their recently poofed-up hair. In the parking lot outside the Tandoor Indian restaurant on West Market Street in Greensboro, an unmanned ice-vending kiosk always gets my attention, and I mentioned to Blake that I wish these things were out in the country sometimes on those long, baked skrides. However, as Andy, Blake and I discovered at Tour de Guilford, all the fire stations have chests full of ice with which Blake can stuff his jersey, shorts and helmet.