Tired of Burning!

[Veronica]

I think I've got it.



I got this men's bike jersey in med. It's made for twig men! I freely admit I have biceps and triceps. It's snug, but not overly tight around my arms. I'm a 36A, have shoulders and back muscles and again it's snug, but not overly tight across the chest.

I was most concerned when ordering it, about the elastic at the bottom. But this is actually sort of rubberized and I think will be less likely to ride up then my other elasticized jerseys. The length is good - the jersey comes down six inches or so below the waistband of my tri shorts.

I'll pair them with a pair of the arm coolers.

My plan is to put the jersey and arm coolers on at T1 and swim in my bra and shorts (and wetsuit as needed.)

Veronica

[colby]

I also bought (from TE) the Zoot Ultra bra top. That I really like. Ran in it this morning. Nothing moves in that top.

I have one of these. Totally agree. I wear it under a tri top (with or without shelf) for Ironman and I totally forget about it.

For short distance tris, I wear the one-piece suit (great if you don't have to pee, good enough boob-compression). For longer distance, I have been wearing a real bike jersey, because most tri shorts and tops don't end up long enough and I'd end up with the same gap/sunburn thing. For the arms, I think this year I'm going to get some of the arm coolers and see how that works.

I imagine that precious white bike jersey ending up all kinds of other colors. My TE "she loves hills" has some curious marks on it, I think from permanent ink numbers on arms along with being stuffed in a bag with sandy wetsuit and gels. Still my favoritest jersey ever.

[Veronica]

I got this today. Oh my goodness... it leaves absolutely nothing to the imagination! You can see my belly button through it! So glad I've got a pretty flat tummy now.

Because it is skin tight (and I ordered a large!) I don't think it will make a good race top for me. But since I got it for my daytime long runs, not racing, that's okay.

I went with a large because the medium was a 34 -36 in the chest and the large 36 - 38. I'm a 36 A, but I have shoulders and back muscles. It's actually quite long in the back and if it had a zipper could make a great race top. The arms are very form fitting and I wonder how hard it would be to get on while wet.

Hopefully, our spring will truly arrive I can wear it on my long run this weekend.

Veronica

[Veronica]

I'm a bit disappointed with my new top. I wore it for my "fun" run. I was planning to get in three miles before I go back to school for Open House tonight. I took off with it sunny and 80 degrees out. I could definitely feel the cooling properties and that's a plus.

But I'm not sure the styling is going to work for me. It is a very compressive garment and it's very long. The trouble is, it doesn't stay down and when it rolls up, that's two or three layers compressing on my belly. It did not make for a "fun" run. I did 1.5 miles and called it quits.

Veronica

[jessmarimba]

I remember having issues like that with under armor tops. They want to go to the thinnest part of my waist, no matter how long the top is, so they just bunch up and I get burned on my low back.

My sister has safety pinned her shirt to her shorts during a tri. I guess that's also a pain if you need to pee...but I wonder if maybe you could sew (do you sew?) a couple snaps or something to your top and your shorts that would make them stay together but not be so hard to undo. I don't think the new shirt would need much encouraging to stay down, but it needs to be stuck to something.

[Veronica]

The DeSoto jersey and arm coolers worked out pretty well - no burning. It probably helped that it stayed overcast well into my run.

The jersey was a bit difficult to get on to a wet body. The sleeves went on pretty quickly. I just had them down by my wrists for the first ten miles or so and then pulled them up at my leisure.

The location of the pockets on the jersey did make it hard for me to get out food. The pockets are really deep. I'll probably try a different jersey for next year's race.

I am thrilled to have no sunburn!

Veronica

[roguedog]

Hey V,

I'm actually allergic to sunscreen so i bought the ground effects long sleeve jersey w/ spf for a 2 day ride in Sept up to Sac. 104* and I was doing ok (cept we ran outta water for the last 20 miles )

But I did ok. I liked it better than the Boure spf jersey. The ground effects one looks thicker (kinda wooley) but it kept me cooler. Odd.

You shoulda seen the looks I was getting wearing a long sleeve, wooly jersey in 104* weather I actually think I was cooler than the folks in short sleeves.

Other than that, I wear the REI SPF shirts but I know you don't like the whole flapping thing. I get REALLY weird looks when I ride in that shirt down Foothill. Man.. what a Fredwina..

[Veronica]

It's probably something like this.

I've got a couple of Ground Effects jerseys that I really love. I may go that route for my long tris next year.

Veronica

[roguedog]

Thanks, V.

The one I have is this one. The Starfish model.

Now I have to check out what the difference is with this new one

[Veronica]

Looks like different fabrics. Tip Top sounds like it would be quicker drying than the Starfish.

Veronica