tri gear

[rocknrollgirl]

You will gets lots of good advice from the tri vets here, but here is my 2 cents.

Last year in a 6 hour adventure race(no swimming, but paddling so think wet butt), I wore tri shorts and a full coverage bra top.

This year for my triathlons, I purchased a tri suit. I will do all three disciplines in the suit. I did not want to have to think about clothes at all during the race. I will wear it under my wetsuit, strip and go...like hell I hope!

[KnottedYet]

Gather up the various outfits and clothes combos and wear a different one for each of your bricks. That will give you an idea how things work as you switch legs and such.

I "practiced" with my various clothes until I found what was comfortable and what I liked. Now I'm quite happy with what I wear, and don't have to worry because I know how it feels and how it works in transitions and the different legs.

[tygab]

This year for my triathlons, I purchased a tri suit. I will do all three disciplines in the suit. I did not want to have to think about clothes at all during the race. I will wear it under my wetsuit, strip and go...like hell I hope!

I only did my first duathlon last fall but I agonized over what to wear when etc, and found myself changing probably unnecessarily so between items during the transitions. So I did the same, I found a trisuit that I liked on sale that I plan to wear for all three portions (or two for the du). I will add stuff to it as warranted, like wetsuit, arm/leg warmers, jacket/vest, or even a cycling shirt if necessary. I too will be doing some paddle, run, bike tris as well. My season will run from April to October so some cooler events are definitely possible; I'd expect mid-late summer it's all I will need.

As a last comment, I have found I quite like running in bike style shorts, and I didn't think I would at first.