There is a big difference!  And it's all in the padding.  Tri shorts have a very thin pad.  You can swim in them, bike and then run comfortably in them.  Bike shorts when wet get bigger and feel huge when you are running. 

Hi Kendra!  Check out this site: http://www.teamestrogen.com/  All women's stuff!  They did seem to have some longer tanks.

Also there is a store called all3sports somewhere in GA.....I just don't know where.  And it's all triathlon related stuff. 

You could also consider wearing a bike jersey for your race.  As long as you don't run with a bunch of stuff in the pockets! 

All things brings up a good point....people often ask what they should wear on the swim.  When I first started, I wore a sports bra under my wetsuit and then put on a shirt at T1.  Now I wear a tri top that has pockets and tri shorts.  It gets wet on the swim, but dries fast during the bike....if it's chilly, it's not fun, but usually you are working hard enough that you will be fine.  And of course I wear the same thing for the run.  There are not changing tents for races other than Ironman races....and no nakedness allowed in the transition area (though I have seen people do that!).

Happy Birthday Z!

Thank you girls! You all made my day!

Z. 

Kaci,

I almost fell of my chair when i saw 250 miles in two days... But then I saw the relay word :-) 

 I think two weeks is plenty of time to recover.

Z. 

I agree with Z, you will be fine after 2 weeks for sure.  And it will keep you motivated to keep running  

When is the Tour de Cure?  LOL, I am doing an oly race on my son's first birthday, 7/22!

What is the Angel Island Run?

Kaci, good luck in the race this weekend! 

Happy St. Patrick's Day everyone!   I love Guinness beer.  And it's going to be mid 70s here today.  Perfect.  

How is everyone?  How is training going? 

Hello Girls!

I finally made it to a doctor to check on my knee. I got  " patellar tendonitis" diagnoses. So any up motion gives me jolt of pain in my knee. I have a small race to do next Sunday. What should i do?

 Cathy, how was your speech?

Z. 

Hi everyone!  It was absolutely beautiful here, so I went out for a long bike ride with 2 other BTers.  Yesterday we had a St. Patrick's Day party with 50 people!  Now I am exhausted.

Heather - it's ok to walk and jog in your tri!  Whatever works so that you can finish and not be in agony! 

Z-what a bummer about the knee!  Does it bother you to bike or swim?  I'd suggest trying to keep up with whatever activity feels ok, but back off on anything that bothers it.  I think you'll have to be in a "wait and see" pattern until Sunday  

Kaci - I still can't get over you doing a run with that much climbing!  ouch!

Kendra - have a safe trip!  How did you injure the hammy? 

I can't wait to hear about these races you all have planned this weekend!  Woo hoo!

Zoya, Sorry about your knee, that stinks. Is there anything the Dr can do to help it?

Kendra, Good luck on your race! It sounds like you're going to have a lot of fun!

Kaci, Wow, 2 hrs & 2000ft, you must be so sore. Hope the beers helped the healing.

Jill, Glad to hear you had a fun vacation.

Heather, I sent you a pm, I'm not sure if you got it or not. I talked to the lady in charge of the outdoor rides. I asked her if you had to be a member of our Y and she said no that anyone can come join. They are starting next Wed. 28th at 5:30 and meeting at the Steele Creek Y (in Ayrsley). Also the tri training group are doing rides meeting at the Gold Hill Y in Ft Mill on Sat. at 8:30. We were going to go this past Sat but it was too cold.

Cathy, I had my fitting for my bike on Fri. He thought it would be better if he left the clips on and I use my bike shoes on the spin bike to get adjusted to them. Everything looks good. I was going to ride with my tri group on Sat but it was cancelled. My dh left Sunday to go to a conference in FL so I haven't had a chance to ride my bike yet.

I'm getting back on track with my training. Everybody's finally healthy! I went to a spin class then got on the treadmill and ran. Tomorrow we have tri training group and we have a swim instructor that is going to be looking at everyone's stroke and we are going to be doing drills too.

Hope everyone has a good week!

Mel

Good luck Kendra!

I'm going to do biking and swimming this week. I biked yesterday and it did not bother my knee. The run portion of my race on Sunfay is only 1.4 mile so I can definitely handle it even with pain in my knee.

I'm glad everybody is doing well.

Z.