Wednesday, 22 July 2009 11:44 Triathlete Florian Mörtl, who successfully completed the 42.19 km run in this year's Kärnten Ironman, reports back on how his revolutionary X-SOCKS® compression socks made of original xitanit™ performed in the rainy, humid conditions. 07:00, 5th July 2009. This is it. The starter's pistol opened the Kärnten Ironman for long-distance athletes. The sky was covered by grey banks of cloud and the humid conditions were oppressive with little chance of consolation as the weather was not set to get any better. A tough test for the unique X-SOCKS®. “Over the whole 42.19 km I had no problems with the heat, although though you might have expected long socks have been uncomfortable in that humidity," reported Florian Karl Mörtl, full of admiration The long years of research behind the X-SOCKS® development has paid off. The revolutionary xitanit™ material moves heat away from the body, making a big difference. In addition, the AirConditioning Channel® system enables warm air and moisture to be carried away. The channels are made out a fine mesh yarn and provide the perfect foot climate. A perfect solution, which other Kärnten athletes might also have benefited from, if they’d known about it. There weren’t many of them who ran like Florian Mörtl. In spite of the constant rain and soaking wet feet “due to their innovative woven structure, the socks dried in no time and I finished without any blisters (wet socks normally give me blisters straight away).”