I need to decide if less is more

With only six days before the Dirty Sock 10K, I’m working out my race day preparations. I’ve been thinking about whether to buy a singlet to wear as a hedge against the historically high humidity. The idea is sound, having less material on your body will allow more efficient evaporation of sweat. However, I’ve never run in a singlet and I don’t know if I’d like it or if I would find it a distraction.

My fallback is my Craft Performance running tee that does an excellent job of wicking and evaporating sweat. I’m not sure what conditions to expect on Sunday but, if it rains, efficient evaporation becomes less important and, to the prior point, less material would be beneficial. I’ll take a look at City Sports this week to see if there are any summer clearance bargains. If I get a singlet I can try it on one of my morning taper runs to see if I like it.

While I’m in shopping mode I need to remember to pick up more GU Roctane gels for the event. There aren’t too many products that I think can make a noticeable difference, but this one does.