Washing off race numbers - when? (Page 2)

Forum guidelines BT super discount
General Discussion Triathlon Talk » Washing off race numbers - when? Rss Feed  
Moderators: k9car363, alicefoeller Reply
 
 
of 2
 
 
2007-06-06 1:11 AM
in reply to: #829908

Champion
8903
500020001000500100100100100
Subject: RE: Washing off race numbers - when?

Nail polish remover also takes them off.

 

2007-06-06 5:34 AM
in reply to: #829908

User image

Science Nerd
28760
50005000500050005000200010005001001002525
Redwood City, California
Subject: RE: Washing off race numbers - when?
I love having the numbers on my arms and don't wash them off.  If you're really lucky, you get enough sun while the numbers are there that they become tanned into your arm.  Happened to me last year.
2007-06-06 11:30 AM
in reply to: #829908

Expert
1113
1000100
Las Vegas
Subject: RE: Washing off race numbers - when?
My last race of the year last year I switched to a tri top for the first time.  Needless to say, my number 14 was burned into my arm on both sides...all winter long.  It didn't bother me one bit!
2007-06-06 12:09 PM
in reply to: #829908

User image

Regular
408
100100100100
Rhode Island
Subject: RE: Washing off race numbers - when?
I wish my office let me wear a tank top to work. Even short sleeves cover it up. I went to my 5 am swim the next morning just to show them off!
2007-06-06 2:48 PM
in reply to: #829908

User image

Extreme Veteran
787
500100100252525
Glendora, CA.
Subject: RE: Washing off race numbers - when?
I wash them off as soon as I can....I don't want to advertise my age on the calf of my leg. I also have a similar prob that Ryanlc referenced (below). I look much younger that 51!

Ryanlc wrote:
"My last race of the year last year I switched to a tri top for the first time. Needless to say, my number 14 was burned into my arm on both sides...all winter long. It didn't bother me one bit!"


I'm proned to sunburn even with sunblock 40 or 50. My arms and shoulders are typically burned. When I wash off the numbers, you can still see the numbers, but not in black marker. Dooooohhhhhhhh!

2007-06-06 5:16 PM
in reply to: #831558

User image

Master
2060
20002525
Northern California
Subject: RE: Washing off race numbers - when?
max - 2007-06-05 11:11 PM

Nail polish remover also takes them off.

 

...and should be done the minute you get home. Wearing the numbers like a badge of honor is fruitless. No one outside of the tri-community really cares.

Hell, might as well your finishing medal to work the next day.



Edited by coachese 2007-06-06 5:17 PM

2007-06-06 5:21 PM
in reply to: #829908

Veteran
278
100100252525
Mesa, Arizona
Subject: RE: Washing off race numbers - when?
I leave them on as long as I can!!!
2007-06-06 5:42 PM
in reply to: #829908

User image

Expert
994
500100100100100252525
Dallas, TX
Subject: RE: Washing off race numbers - when?
You just look dirty and like you don't wash well if you leave them on for days.
2007-06-06 8:07 PM
in reply to: #833017

Champion
6539
5000100050025
South Jersey
Subject: RE: Washing off race numbers - when?
coachese - 2007-06-06 6:16 PM
max - 2007-06-05 11:11 PM

Nail polish remover also takes them off.

 

...and should be done the minute you get home. Wearing the numbers like a badge of honor is fruitless. No one outside of the tri-community really cares.

Hell, might as well your finishing medal to work the next day.

Agreed. I was in public in shorts yesterday and realized you could actually still see one of the numbers on my leg from Sunday's race and felt so embarrased. I don't get why people leave them on either. I mean, I am not downplaying anyone's choice to leave them on because we all have our personal reasons for doing what we do, but I just don't get it. Everyone that I want to let know about the race, knows about it...I don't want to walk around with a "conversation starter" on my body and I don't need a number on my body to remind me about what I did on Sunday. This wasn't meant to offend...just sayin... feel free to shed some light . 

2007-06-06 9:05 PM
in reply to: #833226

User image

Member
66
2525
SoCal
Subject: RE: Washing off race numbers - when?
LaurenSU02 - 2007-06-06 6:07 PM

coachese - 2007-06-06 6:16 PM
max - 2007-06-05 11:11 PM

Nail polish remover also takes them off.

...and should be done the minute you get home. Wearing the numbers like a badge of honor is fruitless. No one outside of the tri-community really cares.

Hell, might as well your finishing medal to work the next day.

Agreed. I was in public in shorts yesterday and realized you could actually still see one of the numbers on my leg from Sunday's race and felt so embarrased. I don't get why people leave them on either. I mean, I am not downplaying anyone's choice to leave them on because we all have our personal reasons for doing what we do, but I just don't get it. Everyone that I want to let know about the race, knows about it...I don't want to walk around with a "conversation starter" on my body and I don't need a number on my body to remind me about what I did on Sunday. This wasn't meant to offend...just sayin... feel free to shed some light .



I'm a ninth grade English teacher, and I'm fat. I wear my numbers and my finishers' medal to work because I want my students to know that I am active and at least reasonably athletic, and because I hope that I might be able to inspire some of my students to become active even if they don't fit the mold of the typical high school athlete. Some of the slow fat kids need role models who don't come in the form of a militant PE teacher who will fail them if they can't run a mile fast enough or throw a ball hard enough to reach first base.

2007-06-07 12:38 AM
in reply to: #829908

User image

Veteran
236
10010025
Lansdale, PA
Subject: RE: Washing off race numbers - when?
I keep them till they wear off. I've earned them!!! My last race I had "f31" on one calf and "new mom" on the other. I was just as proud for both markings.


2007-06-07 10:45 AM
in reply to: #829908

User image

Regular
57
2525
Subject: RE: Washing off race numbers - when?
Does anyone else get annoyed when the body-marker does a less than perfect job? I prefer a solid strong letter with straight thick lines - as oppossed to skinny, more curved numbers. I actually told my wife after Memphis in May - that the body marker was the best I had ever had. I got a really strange look back.
2007-06-07 11:06 AM
in reply to: #833017

Elite
3130
2000100010025
Subject: RE: Washing off race numbers - when?
coachese - 2007-06-06 4:16 PM
max - 2007-06-05 11:11 PM

Nail polish remover also takes them off.

...and should be done the minute you get home. Wearing the numbers like a badge of honor is fruitless. No one outside of the tri-community really cares.

Hell, might as well your finishing medal to work the next day.

Oh yeah:

- wear body number as long as possible (mine are still visible from last saturday)

- wear finisher medal to work

- tape bib to office door

- add link to race results to work e-mail sig

 

It can't be any more obnoxious than the NFL fans with all their regalia, and my schwag actually represents participation.

 

2007-06-07 11:31 AM
in reply to: #834066

User image

Master
1845
100050010010010025
Athens, Ga.
Subject: RE: Washing off race numbers - when?

lmcgraw - 2007-06-07 11:45 AM Does anyone else get annoyed when the body-marker does a less than perfect job? I prefer a solid strong letter with straight thick lines - as oppossed to skinny, more curved numbers. I actually told my wife after Memphis in May - that the body marker was the best I had ever had. I got a really strange look back.

You can actually do your own body marking. There's a poster on here who brings her own sharpie to races.

As for washing numbers off, I scrub when I get home. If you know me, then I'll probably tell you I did a tri. If not, then I don't really care whether you know or not. Plus, dealing with the "why do you have 207 written on your leg" questions get old after the first one.  

2007-06-07 2:47 PM
in reply to: #829908

User image

Member
30
25
Saraland,AL
Subject: RE: Washing off race numbers - when?
i used my fingernail and regular soap to scrub mine off. Of course I have another tri this coming up weekend..so there will probably be a different number this go round. I talked to the "my first tri-triathalon" people and they said I'd have to be listed as "Alumni" this go round and that I will NOT be considered a "newbie" woohoo
I am now a Triathlete!
Ben Harper
2007-06-08 4:03 PM
in reply to: #834171

User image

Master
1669
10005001002525
"Home of Superman"
Subject: RE: Washing off race numbers - when?
"You can actually do your own body marking. There's a poster on here who brings her own sharpie to races."




We do all of ours. There is about 8-10 of us that go to all the tri's in our area and we all carry markers just for that. That is just one less thing you have to stand in line for. That way you can make the marks the way you want them.

Edited by medic1962 2007-06-08 4:05 PM

New Thread
General Discussion Triathlon Talk » Washing off race numbers - when? Rss Feed  
 
 
of 2