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Adventure Racing can be about as
expensive as hot air ballooning ... so unless you own your own
media conglomerate and make money like the rest of us make human
waste ... you should at least buy the right gear the first time,
instead of doing what Richard does ... buy everything that looks
cool and use what makes sense Our 3 rules of gear: 1 - The closer to your body ... the more important the gear is ... focus on what is important 2 - Gear is practical ... not emotional - color doesn't matter - high price doesn't necessarily make it any better - brand is irrelevant unless that brand stands for what's practical 3 - Above all else, buy good lights The closer to your body ... Staying dry and temperate is absolutely crucial for your body to operate at it's optimal potential ... ever since we've been kids, we've been told to dress in layers to stay warm ... this is still true, but what those layers are made of and how you put them on and shed them is key The time you spend managing your clothes, is time taken away from moving ... so many of the things that need to be done, can be done while moving, however, shedding and accumulating layers will almost always force you to stop Also, the closer the layers are to your body, the harder they are to exchange, and as a result, you often race longer in those items close to your body than anything else you wear ... therefore, no money is too much for a comfortable and high performance underwear ... what you wear is probably up to your own trial and error process, but will likely be some variation of a thin layer, fitted, synthetic material compression shorts Of course, even the outer shell wind breaker you wear in colder climates, will be an drastically important piece of gear, but in comparison, a much easier piece of gear to pick and probably unlikely to cause race failure even if you go wrong Gear is Practical ... ... Buy Good Lights ... ...
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