Subject: RE: Pee on the bike? Seriously?Yup. If you spent a year training for a big race and a bunch of money to save a minute or two it doesn't make sense to stop and lose 90-120 seconds urinating when you can do it on a descent at full speed on the bike. Men can pee over the top of their shorts or just go in their tri suit. At the next aid station in a long race just dump a water bottle into your lap to rinse the urine out of your trisuit. Women can just pee in their trisuit on the bike standing up. One note, mostly for girls (guys can pee to the side): don't pee on the top of your water bottle. You're drinking from that. Pull your bottle out first and hold it in your teeth while you pee. And finally, this is the reason why rental wetsuits have never made sense to me. What is the first thing a nervous triathlete does when they get in waist-deep cold water in a wetsuit? Now, peeing while running at a 6:30 pace? That takes practice. But practice makes perfect. I used to say you spent the first two and half years of your life learning how to not pee your pants, then when you become an endurance athlete it's a skill you have to re-learn. Edited by Tom Demerly. 2012-04-09 12:35 PM
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