Re: bike/run in swim suit

[metallifried]

This weekend I did my first tri - it was a short one, so one of the
things I was using it for was to test my apparel. I swam in my bicycle
shorts, and never even thought about it once. I was afraid that having
the wet chamois in my crotch would be uncomfortable during the bike or
the run, but I never even noticed it. I plan on wearing the same thing
for every race I do from here on out.

 

[Tom Henderson]

"metallifried" <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:

> I plan on wearing the same thing
> for every race I do from here on out.
>
>

Hopefully those plans don't include a half or full iron distance race. That
wet chamois will get really old on a 56 or 112 mile bike. An then there's
the run.

 

[Tom Henderson]

"metallifried" <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:

> This weekend I did my first tri -

Congrats, and welcome to the fold, by the way!

 

[metallifried]

Not to gross anyone out, but in my experience if it's a hot day the the
chamois is pretty wet by the time I've been riding my bike for half an
hour anyway.

You're right, though - my plans don't include a half-iron until next
season, or even the season after. But by then I will have gotten to
test it out a couple times at the international distance, and I can
easily do a few training sessions that include biking 50+ miles
starting out in wet shorts, so if it stops working I'll figure
something else out.