Goody Bag Surprise (Page 2)

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Spandex shorts with a quick dry chamois pad, spandex top, and a pair of high heels... Lord help us all.

PS.... Chicago, 08/29/04.....

"Jazzy, I'll tell you what... you're going nowhere with that argument with bear... I've done it before... I now wear my lipstick and just sit back and smile...."

This goes for you too, zazagirl... you're fighting a no win battle with bear...

Now for clarification... I **DON'T** wear lipstick DURING the race... but those that do... those that want to... go right ahead. (I do know of a great all day lipstick... you wouldn't have to reapply in T1 or T2)...I also don't wear jewelry during a race. No earrings, rings, necklaces, nada. I do believe it would be a waste of time in T1 to apply lipstick... Maybe Chapstick in a chapped lip situation, but even that doesn't seem totally necessary...I have enough trouble with the wetsuit pull and peel maneuver... there's just no TIME to apply lipstick, or think about the condition of my mouth.

I do, however, enjoy cute colored triathlon suits.. tops and bottoms, complimentary colored YANKZ, and colored pony tail holders. It's a waste of time trying to look good DURING a race... but I always make sure I at least look put together. (!) I wouldn't sacrifice T1 for my hairdo... Just slap on a (coordinated!) helmet....  LW

It's a matter of preference, and what girls think looks good, vs. what you boys think looks good are apparently two different subjects entirely. I'm exhausted trying to figure it out. I don't take pains to look good during a race... Whatever happens, happens, and however I look, well that's just how I look. Aside from my pre-selected race get-up....Really, we're swimming in an open water lake/river/ocean...with other organisms, algae, who-knows-what...then breeze drying ourselves on our bikes, (never a thorough job) and subsequently running for the finish line. Who can possibly LOOK good through all of that... Hello? Goggle circles anyone? Chafing? Sweating? Vomitting?

But if the girls want to try... I say go for it. LW

I can imagine it looked out of place... and extremely impractical! (No support, and no padding...just two problems I can think of off the top of my head...not to mention issues with the strings, the small nature of the bottoms on the run, and skin cancer from all that exposure!)  Zoot makes some cute outfits. Sugoi does too, as does TYR... all figure flattering... No harm in being athletic, sporty/cute, and practical at the same time! 

Now I'm going to lunch. Carry on without me. LW

the bear - 2004-08-14 5:37 PM Probably one of those all-chick tris. We're definitely heading toward that camisole-requiredevent that I'm promoting. Wear it in good health!

All chick?

As I say to my students... "We do not refer to women as farm animals."

That makes it sound like you're degrading a women only triathlon. Having just participated in one yesterday, I'm feelin' a little...offended...put down...

But then knowing you from your posts, I understand you're only joking so I'm not taking it personally.

At least I'm trying not to...but have to admit, ouch.

Regardless of all men, all women, mixed...a tri is a tri and an accomplishment, no matter what is in the goody bag!

And hey, I look great in MY Clinique lipstick I got! It's my color!

Just like a man...

You all don't get that when we choose to put on makeup, if we do, we do it for ourselves. Now I wouldn't put on makeup during a triathlon, and before I will put on all day lipstick if I think about it. If not, no biggie. But when I'm done, I do because I want to. I couldn't give two rips what someone else, especially a man, thinks about it.

You know who I think looks great before, during, and after a tri? I think the woman who is scared to death, but still does it...is slow, but smiling during it...and wears a HUGE grin of triumph after looks the best..and if she's overweight and out of shape and knows she's done something she never dreamed she'd ever do, then she looks even better. She's AMAZING...and someone who has never had that experience, as a lot of life-long athletes never have, will never, ever "get it."

Amen, Teechur. I'm tired, it's late in the afternoon and work is piling up....my lipstick is fading. I've got to TRY to get something accomplished here, aside from the lipstick/T1/Triathlon debate.

I couldn't have said it better.