Subject: RE: Common mistakes made during first tri lablover - 2005-03-19 5:18 PM the bear - 2005-03-16 7:53 PM Don't try to put on a shirt in T1. Put it on before the swim, or go without. Bear: Why is this? Putting on a shirt seems so simple to me. Am I not understanding something or do you mean some kind of bike shirt that I am unaware of? I'll give you my reason for this. At my second tri, I put my shirt on in T1. The air temp was cold, in the low 60's. I took off my wetsuit and with shaking hands started to put a tight shirt on over a wet body. Wouldn't go. Couldn't figure it out. Turns out I pinned my number through the shirt. I then had to repin that tiny little safety pin with wet, cold, shaking hands. Not fun and not efficient. I then try to put the shirt on over my head and discover a second safety pin through to the back of the shirt. Repeat microsurgery with the safety pin. All this while attempting to race. Chances are you're nowhere near as much of a dork as I am, but the lessons here are 1) in a short course race, minimize the work you have to do in transition. 2) buy a race belt 3) Listen to the bear and think twice before taking my advice |