From:	Sebastian Wiers m0ng005e@*********.com
Subject:	summer running
Date:	Wed, 15 Sep 1999 13:18:20 -0700

> I figure the skinnier you are the better, dont know why, but a
> policeman friend told me he handles it better than his rather portly
> colleague (sp?) He could , of course just have been poking fun at the
> fat guy. :) Dunno.

Its to much of a stereo-type to be completely without base. Besides, I've
seen it happen- activities that leave me fresh as a daisy have friends
twice as massive sweating up a storm. Having more body mass means you have
more heat to dump (you build up more heat hauling that mass around, if
nothing else), and that heat has a longer distance to go from core to
surface. That's not a big factor with blood flow providing "active"
cooling (which is what sweating does), but large animals (say, trolls) DO
have an advantage when trying to stay warm.

Mongoose