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Anyone on this forum willing to try something like this?
If you're out of shape, you don't have to run, just try walking a mile (at a steady pace without a bottle of water) in 129 F heat in that costume!
Do you think you could do it?
I want to see if he could pull it off in a dewpoint that is 80F+.
Evaporation of sweat is negligible with that costume being worn. Therefore, the dewpoint is completely irrelevant. Therefore, your situation (with a temperature that would obviously be far lower than 129 F) is easier to tolerate.
If you wear a full-body costume that traps perspiration, you're creating a high-RH environment around your body regardless of what the outside temperature is. Similarly, if you wear a wind-blocking nylon shell in winter, the windchill loses relevance.
I'm not great at running in the best of situations (I'm much more aquatic) but I'm pretty confident I could walk a mile in that costume at that temperature provided I was well hydrated before I started and I had cold water waiting for me at the end.
Unless you are in incredible shape, it is stupid and dangerous.
I've run in South Carolina summers and in Florida summers and that is bad enough.
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