zippetydude wrote:I sometimes spend time with her sister PINA KOLATA after a race.
Does your wife know about this?
But seriously, I think that part about not pouring water is bad advice. Water has a high specific heat which draws heat from the body, then at equilibrium temperature it has the saturation vapor pressure, which is what sweating tries to accomplish (and is slightly less due to salt content).
Hypothetically speaking, if your body stopped sweating even after the water dried, then you would be screwed. But I've never experienced that or heard of this happening to anybody. So applying a hot tub scenario to the desert just doesn't make any sense.
If I have a limited supply of water I always drink, never pour because some water is wasted as it drips off. But when there's lots of water...spray, pour, whatever....it works!