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July 18, 2005
Tri Clothing
In preparation for the tri on Sunday I am going to take it easy this week. While I was watching the end of War of the Worlds with Nanda (we got back in for free since we only saw the first half on Saturday) I decided to do cardio five times between Monday and Friday, but all very easy. I probably made the decision when yet more people were getting blown-up, vaporized, or their blood sucked. My proposed schedule was: run (M) - swim (T) -run (W) -swim (Th) -run (F) -off (Sat) -tri (Sun). Once I was home, however, I decided REALLY should ride my bike again before the tri. I think it's too late to do any sort of training, but it is probably a good idea to make sure my seat is at the right height and the clothes I want to wear are suitable. Since I am kind of running out of time before the tri I decided at 11 PM last night that I should do a brick workout Monday morning. Bike 30 minutes then run 30 minutes.
The shorts I wore were not good. I was wearing guys running shorts. I thought they would be long enough for the bike ride and not too long that they would be annoying for the run. I was wrong in both counts. I guess this means I will be experimenting with other shorts on my two other runs this week. I also practiced biking and running in the bathing suit I want to wear in the tri. Well..."bathing suit" might be an exaggeration. I am going to wear ½ of a bathing suit.
Specifically, I am going to pair bikini bottoms with a sports bra to swim. Since I am not buying official tri clothes, and my swim is in a pool, I was going to wear a bathing suit. But I also need to wear a sports bra. Apparently some triathletes wear a sports bra under their bathing suit-but I just bought a new one piece speedo bathing suit that I don’t particularly want to stretch out by wearing a sports bra under it for 6 minutes of swimming. I decided to forgo the entire bathing suit and just wear bottoms-except the only 2 piece bathing suits I have are bikinis. The bottoms have these little decorative tie things that I am going to have to tie somehow and don’t exactly look tough or portray an "I am going to kick your butt so be scared" feeling. I am seriously going to look ridiculous while I am waiting to swim. The good news is the bikini bottom I am going to wear was functionally great on the bike AND run.
On to the actual working out: I decided I miss my bike!!! I had fun on my bike ride this morning. My legs were tired during my run but it was nice to be outside (disgusting, but nice). During my run I think it was 78 degrees with 85% humidity so I guess it wasn’t AS disgusting as it’s been.
Posted by Audrey at July 18, 2005 06:55 PM
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The clothing issues that accompany a triathlon seem to be overwhelming. My friend that just did her first triathlon about 3 weeks ago, was so distraught beforehand about her outfits, I wasn't sure she was going to make it! She really did not want to run in her padded bike pants, so she decided she was going to change into running shorts after the bike (with her bathing suit bottom underneath it all). Well needless to say, when she went to take off the bike shorts, the bathing suit came with it and she was temporarily naked in the transition area! All worked out well though - she won the whole thing - and made up most of all the difference on the run. :)
ANYWAY - good luck with your clothing picks! Who really cares what you look like right? Have fun and good luck with the race. I can't wait to hear about it!
Posted by: Beth at July 18, 2005 08:44 PM
One word, or is it two, well, it is a hyphenated word, Tri-shorts. I wore them through the swim, bike and run. I only had to switch tops for the bike and run. For you, tri shorts and a sports/swim top that can go under your bike jersey, then off with the jersey for the run.
Posted by: Rob at July 19, 2005 09:23 AM
Tri-shorts are awesome. I actually prefer them to regular riding shorts for Spinning. I've never heard of wearing a sports bra under the bathing suit. All the female triathletes I know (and what I did) was to wear a very snug competition style speedo, for a sprint, I didn't find riding shorts necessary as long as the rodes were smooth.
Good luck!
Blondie
Posted by: Blondie at July 19, 2005 07:28 PM
good luck. is this the first one? kick some butt out there.
Posted by: brent hopkins at July 19, 2005 07:36 PM
Ah, that's why I missed you at the race tonight. Miserable conditions. I have to third tri-shorts, awesome for all 3 events and you don't feel like you're wearing a diaper (as with normal bike shorts). And you don't have to worry about accidentally getting nek-ed in the transition. I'm excited to hear how it goes for you!
Posted by: Leilani at July 19, 2005 10:30 PM