Ironman Louisville : Official Thread (Page 20)

I am in Grand Lake Co for 2 weeks.I have been riding into the state park.

Going to take on the summit on Monday. Cant wait.

Will do we were just taking about Mt. Evans this morning.

Livestrong191 - 2012-06-15 8:42 AM I am thinking no aero helmet for this race. But that might change as we get closer

Why not?

Livestrong191 - 2012-06-15 8:42 AM I am thinking no aero helmet for this race. But that might change as we get closer

I remember in 2010 some people stating that they were baking under their aero helmet due to no air flow and a very hot day.

jhouse4 - 2012-06-15 8:47 AM

Livestrong191 - 2012-06-15 8:42 AM I am thinking no aero helmet for this race. But that might change as we get closer

Why not?

I am looking at how hot this summer has started and figured its going to be super hot in KY, so just more air and bike course its more hills than flats so staying in aero in ver short period of time. Like I said i might change my mind

I can say in 2010 it was 96 or 97 out there and people were all over the sides of the road. Home owners were great watering people down and helping them.

I find that the thicker or heavier the shorts or padding I wear, the rubbing I experience. I'm normally plenty comfortable in tri-shorts for a long ride with the right saddle.

x2.  I use Sugoi tri shorts for everything I do.  OWS, marathon, 5k/10k, sprint/oly/HIM/IM.  Did I leave anything out?

X3 although I use craft shorts.

I used the Desoto tri shorts for an Olympic distance a few weeks ago and the seems rubbed me very bad.  Anyone have any suggestions to a different kind of tri shorts.  I used Zoot shorts for a Branson 70.3 last year and had zero problems but the material didn't last long. (See Through).  

Thanks

Why not just wear the bike shorts by themselves?

I used to wear bike shorts as my swimsuit but took much too long in T1 trying to pull a tight shirt over a wet back. I have a tendancy to burn and don't want sunburn over my entire back. I bought a trisuit last year and cut my T1 in half.

Although the trisuit has less padding than bike shorts, I combined the trisuit with chamois butt'r and had no chafing issues during EagleMan last week. I did experience, umm, numbness of the sort unique to the male gender. I am looking into getting a different saddle that will decrease numbness and be gentler on my "sit bones."

I was just wondering if adding bike shorts over my trisuit would provide enough padding so that I am not aching in the seat area after 112 miles. Again, a new seat may help with that too. But if adding the bike shorts means restricted movement (requiring more effort) and tighter hamstrings (mine are tight enough), well, I am already a slow biker and don't need to give myself any reason to go slower.

This will be my first Ironman!!  I think I picked a hard one to start with.

This will be my first Ironman race.