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Triathlon Clothing
Triathlon clothing is very important to your training and racing days. At the Buckeye Triathlon and Beer Drinking Club we are not all that particular about the types of clothing that we buy in particular. In fact a ratty race shirt from the previous race is generally good enough for us. We are more often concerned about the type of beer we are going to be drinking afterwards. But if you are going to be serious about knocking a lot of time off your triathlons then you need to make sure that you get a one or two piece tri-suit. A tri-suit is an all-in-one piece of clothing that works as a swim suit, has a very small amount of padding in the rear to act as proper bike shorts, and of it breathes pretty well so that you can run in it without issues. The only major issue is that you can definitely get some chaffing after enough time cycling in a wet suit so it is recommended that you invest in some gel to keep your legs and thighs from getting worn raw. If you are in a long triathlon then you are going to regret the lack of gel pretty early on in the run portion.
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Other triathlon gear includes running and cycling shoes along with the right type of bike. If you are new into the sport, don’t spend a ton of money on a new bike just yet. In fact do your first race with whatever gear you have. Every race is your own race, it is no one else’s race so don’t worry if they have a goofy looking aero helmet. Most of our team doesn’t even ride with clipless pedals. We just rock it out on our hybrid bikes. This season we do plan on upgrading to clipless though as we’ve heard that that is the way to get the greatest boost in performance for the least amount of money. And let’s face it, at the Buckeye Triathlon and Beer Drinking Club we’d rather spend our money on booze.
Ironman triathlon clothing is very important too. Although we have never done one ourselves, we know that the issues with standard triathlon clothing simply amplify exponentially with the longer distances and the Ironman is just about as long as you can get. I for one am not sure that I ever want to spend a year of my life getting ready for that much torture. I could get myself into that much pain a lot faster without all the hard work. Besides I’d probably have to give up beer for a while and that doesn’t really mesh with the type of triathlon club that we have.
Custom triathlon clothing is where it’s at. Our team wants to order new team shirts for all of our summer running and triathlon events. We are thinking that a custom logo on the front with custom individualized slogans on the back is the way to go. Maybe with our website address on the back as well. In any event, race shirts from previous races are always available, but having team colors and some custom triathlon gear would make for some fun times. Plus with our creative minds I imagine that Jaron and myself could come up with some pretty amazing ideas.
That’s it for the discussion on triathlon clothing. If you want to wear the gear, then you need to get your training in shape. We have a lot of fun on our triathlon and running races and if you are in the Ohio area I encourage you to join our triathlon team. At this moment we do not have any dues, but as we develop that is sure to change.
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