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2005-01-28 8:52 AM

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Subject: Dry or wet change
Hi all
I am taking part in my first Tri soon it is only a sprint, this may sound daft but when the swim is over and you go into the transition area for the bike is there time allocated for you to change into dry clothes or is it as quick as possible and put them over the top of the swim wear?

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Steve

2005-01-28 9:20 AM
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Subject: RE: Dry or wet change
Steve - you'll wear the same clothes for the entire race. If you swim with a wetsuit, you'll wear that over your tri clothes and just strip out of that on the way to the bike. At T1 you'll slip on some shoes and a helmet, probably sunglasses, and you're off. At T2 you'll lose the helmet, slip into running shoes, possibly a hat for the sun, grab your race belt, and you're off. Good luck!
2005-01-28 9:25 AM
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In all triathlons, the clock never stops, so there's no time allocated. As you get into longer distances (Ironman) the time spent changing is relatively minimal to the total time, so some will change to bonafide cycling shorts. Those events usually provide a changing tent as well.

Not so in a sprint. An extra minute or two is huge, and most events don't provide changing  facilities (nudity is specifically against the rules). You can slip cycling shorts over your Speedos, but you'll find that most people use tri shorts, which are like cycling shorts but with a minimal pad, and tri jerseys, which are tight-fitting enough to swim in, or trisuits, which are all-in-one. These are specifically designed to do all three disciplines in.

2005-01-28 3:57 PM
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Putting dry clothes on a wet body is much more time consuming than you would expect. The only dry clothing that most triathletes will consider putting on in transition is socks. If you use short, ankle length socks, that have already been worn briefly so they are expanded, then this is pretty quick. Lots of triathletes even skip this and go sockless.

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2005-01-28 4:43 PM
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DaveH - 2005-01-28 1:57 PM Putting dry clothes on a wet body is much more time consuming than you would expect. The only dry clothing that most triathletes will consider putting on in transition is socks. If you use short, ankle length socks, that have already been worn briefly so they are expanded, then this is pretty quick. Lots of triathletes even skip this and go sockless. DaveH

AMEN, that is the truth.  Try to put on a body armour shirt.  It took me half the bike leg in my first try to get it all the way on! LOL

2005-01-28 4:44 PM
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Takes me ten minutes to put on a BodyArmour shirt DRY!

2005-01-28 5:12 PM
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Something else that takes a helluva long time to put on is arm warmers after the swim!

I'm never gonna do that again....

I'll just grit my teeth through the cold on the bike and warm up on the run leg next time.

2005-01-28 5:18 PM
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the bear - 2005-01-28 4:44 PM

Takes me ten minutes to put on a BodyArmour shirt DRY!


Mebbe you need to stop squeezing into the XS model...

2005-01-28 5:21 PM
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They come in different sizes?
2005-01-28 5:23 PM
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Subject: RE: Dry or wet change
I was way to self-conscious about my weight to put on anything form fitting, so I put on one of those quick dry t-shirts. -25 pounds later and I've got the matching singlet ready to go

It doesn't take long to slip into a shirt, but it is a pain in the arse.

2005-01-29 1:12 PM
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Subject: RE: Dry or wet change
One suggestion if you don't want to buy tri-shorts just yet is to compete in your bathing suit. I swim in jammers (look like bike shorts but no padding), so I just used those for my first couple tris. You don't really notice the lack of padding on a sprint. I would recommend a heavy dose of body-glide beforehand though.

And I definitely do NOT recommend trying to put on a bike jersey at T1, especially with a number pinned to it. As Chris Farley said in Billy Madison, "I know from experience"

2005-02-01 8:27 AM
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Subject: RE: Dry or wet change
Thanks to all for your thoughts, think i will stay wet then
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