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learning_writer - 2008-05-05 10:44 PM

tahrens - 2008-05-05 7:10 AM The tri shorts are nice because they do give you some padding on the bike, without acting like a diaper in the pool.. Pearl Izumi has some decently priced stuff. But don't I remember you said you had a tri suit?

Ok, so I do have a tri suit, but I didn't practice in it, so I didn't want to use it on Saturday. I was actually kinda nervous to wear it...a full spandex outfit! But I gotta get over that someday soon, eh? Oh yeah, and thanks for teaching me how to use the "quote" button. I've been wondering that!

Don't worry about how you look in it - the vast majority of people at triathlons are very friendly and supportive, and not from the cast of Baywatch!

The key is that you want something your comfortable in for all three events, and the trisuits are the way to go for that.

You bet!  They're designed for it.  They dry quickly, and have a smaller, thinner pad that is useful for the bike, but doesn't bother you while running.

I like my tri shorts so much (I have a few pairs; one Zoot, one Descente  Aero XT, and my Javelin team Sugoi bottoms) that I wear them during my run and bike workouts to the exclusion of all others.

I have been wearing a pair of Sugoi swim shorts for my pool workouts, mainly because I worry that the chlorine will (over time) erode the elastic on my tri shorts, but I don't have any research to back this up.

Here is what I have lined up for the next month or so:

May 25th - Capital of Texas "First Tri" (400m OWS, 10K bike, 5K run)

June 22 - Pflugerville Tri (500m OWS, 14mi bike, 3mi run)

I am also entered in the Austin Muddy Buddy on May 18th.  Has anyone else done this??

Other than that, there are a few other summer races I would like to do but may wait until the baby is born. 

Thanks - I did see the reports from last year and read those, but it seemed like whenever I clicked on the racelink info, it was still giving me last year's date of 9/9/07.  I'll check that again.

That race is actually at risk for me.  As of now, I'm going to a conference in Annapolis that begins that night, so this race fit in incredibly well.  However, I may be changing positions here which would mean I wouldn't be going to Annapolis at all for work.  If that happens, I'm considering doing the Savageman Olympic on 9/21. 

Time in the pool was the key for me.  I did the first 5 weeks of the 0-1650 program, swimming 3x/week, and it really helped me improve both endurance and technique.  Spending that much time in the water really helped me get a feel for what worked for me.

I would have to agree with the others.  Time in the pool will definitely help and so will your technique.  A nice, smooth stroke that is efficient should help and you might be able to pick up some pointers from the video. 

I think the plan is to do Annapolis this year (unless life gets in the way), though I still need to register. I just had the shipment show up for my Blue Seventy Helix wetsuit (which I got at such a deal, I think the guy who sold it to me must have "gotten it off a truck", but I didn't ask questions ) so I need another OWS to work it out in (first being Breezy Point on the 1st of June).