Sebastián is a Spanish marathon runner living in beautiful Andalusia. This region in southern Spain is of course known for numerous tourist attractions, but also for its beautiful weather. Running and tropical temperatures call for cooling down and that's how Sebastián came across BERTSCHAT®.
''My name is Sebastián Moyano, I am an amateur triathlete and I participate in all types of distances, but the distances I feel most comfortable with and enjoy most are the medium and long distances in triathlon. I also participate in other types of running, MTB cycling or swimming events, such as marathons, half marathons, popular races, MTB gran fondo or road cycling, long-distance swimming trials.
A way of life
I consider myself an athlete in general who enjoys all training and competitions. In late 2017, I joined the triathlon world and completed all distances in one year, including participating in the Itu Multisport World Champions in Pontevedra in the LD (Long Distance) distance. Preparing for this test was what drove me to triathlon. Medium and long distance and to take to the world of triathlon, not as a hobby, but as a way of life.
Every year, we learn new strategies and apply them to our performance, whether it's through knowledge of new training techniques, new gadgets appearing on the market that are really good for improving performance or simply because we want to get better every day by keeping up and exploring in this world.
The discovery of BERTSCHAT®
Last year, 2023, the biggest event we participated in was the National Middle Distance Triathlon Championships in Spain, held in Salamanca. On that date, a heat wave of almost 38° degrees took place and this caused both my partner (Jennifer Aparicio) and I to start researching new products that would help us reduce the heat and benefit our performance. There are studies indicating that a cooled body during competition is able to perform 15% better. It helps you balance and maintain your body and improve your resistance by 15% more than if you don't do it. It's not like you're going to improve your performance by 15%, above your average.
We started looking for special products for the most exposed part of the body during long endurance (marathon/ triathlons) training. We thought about how to cover and cool the most important part of the body, the head, and then BERTSCHAT® came our way. After researching and analysing other suppliers, we decided to buy the products from BERTSCHAT®, as we had another race scheduled later that week with the same high temperatures 38-40° degrees celcius.
In preparation for this competition, we did a short training run of 12 kilometres and we felt for the first 10 minutes how effectively the cooling cap cooled and how fresh it felt. When we finished training, we had a cool head and less fatigue had set in. The feeling of a sweltering, overheated head that we would normally, in a similar situation, experience was not now. And this is thanks to my cooling hat that I now use for races, training sessions and for any other sun exposure.
We also use it for hiking days or excursions. It is a product I faithfully recommend to all athletes who do races of more than 5 km or who are exposed to the sun and heat or undertake any other outdoor activity.''
Did you know that our range of cooling products also includes cooling bedding and a cooling vest?
