Tankini for tri shirt?

[teawoman]

Do you mean wear it for the swim over your sports bra? It might chafe in icky spots when it's wet, so give it a try first. Jump in the pool, swim a bit, jump out and go for a run.

[KnottedYet]

You don't *have* to wear anything special for a tri. Tri suits, tri tops, tri shorts; none of that is mandatory.

I did my first tri without any of those.

Spent a grand total of $125 for my "tri" gear: a pair of goggles and a wetsuit. Everything else was just whatever I already had that worked and I liked.

Wear your tankini in good health!

Edit to add: I bought my first pair of tri shorts a couple months ago. Still not sure if I like them enough to wear in a tri. We'll see...

[spotlightmama]

I ended up purchasing a rash guard for the race. It's the same blend as all the tri tops I looked at and it's purty. I have a huge back piece that I was nervous about leaving out in the sun and the rash guard has SPF 50+ built in. I ran in it today - no chafing, but it was a bit warm (then again, I was running on the beach in Florida, so that doesn't help, lol).

I wouldn't do anything longer in the rash guard, but hopefully it will be fine for the sprint tri.