I thought a post of what I wore during a long distance triathlon would be helpful to have on paper. And if this can help you plan what to wear or you have any advice, bring it on. I also wanted to put careful consideration into my choices because in a Challenge full distance triathlon, you have no special needs bags so you carry everything or get handed things by family members. I did send some stuff along with our 2 kids who would be able to see us mostly during the run portion. My list for them is included below.
I first chose what I wanted to bike and run in as you spend the most time in these outfits. Some people don't change but I knew that I wanted to just for comfort sake. We all have our favourites and I wanted to wear these at the right time. I pretty much changed entire outfits after each activity. This was due to wanting to have dry clothing at the beginning of each discipline.
Morning:
I wore my lululemon sports bra, cobb triathlon shorts and threw on some sweats and a sweater on top. I also took along a rain shell and wore flip flops. I love the crispness of the morning temperatures but I have learned that if I have too long with not a lot of clothing on and get cold, things are much more difficult. I wouldn't change anything I wore except I may have put on shoes and socks to keep my feet dry and warmer. This was also my after triathlon outfit and I really wished then to have had socks and shoes and not the ones I just ran in. On a shorter distance triathlon, flip flops are fine but we had some walking to do, driving to do and it was dark. Shoes would have been better.
Swim:
My plan was to swim in my sports bra and cobb shorts listed above under my wetsuit. That's all and it was a good decision. I swim with Aquasphere vista goggles. I like them with the bigger view and also because the smaller framed goggles really bruise the under part of my eyes and give me a headache. My wetsuit is an Ironman wetsuit purchased a few years ago on sale. It has been a good suit, has it's fair share of small rips despite being treated well. Does a full covering of body glide count as something you wear?
Bike:
Favourite shorts overall are my Coeur triathlon shorts so these were what took me through 112 miles. They were awesome and reinforced that another pair would be awesome as I would love to run in them also. I also have a pair of Coeur bike shorts with the bigger chamois padding but I seem to have more chaffing issues with more padding. That's why I chose the tri shorts. Many others were wearing bike shorts as well as tri shorts. I wore a Pearl Izumi sleeveless bike jersey over the same sports bra. A jersey is a must for biking as it carried my whole food nutrition, and extra water bottle and an extra pocket for anything else. I do have a bento box on my bike but it can only hold so much. Extra chamois cream, a bag of UCAN chocolate powder to mix into a water bottle, lipbalm, extra NUUN tablets, tums, bandaids. More info on my nutrition and what I carried in a future post. I also wore thin biking socks in my bike shoes and arm warmers. All good choices again. I was comfortable. There is debate about sleeved jerseys to keep the sun off the arms and if I find a jersey I love, I would wear it but the couple I have aren't as soft as I like or fit how I like so I choose to keep my shoulders bare. I love having complete mobility. Bike shoes are Specialized and my helmet is Specialized, sunglasses were Smith.
Run:
Changed shorts into lululemon tracker running shorts. I wear these most often during my training so it was an easy decision. Only 1 zippered pocket so that was a draw back to not having tri shorts on. Carried my lipbalm in the small zippered pocket. I think there was a bit of money in there too. Always carry money on my bike or on me during a triathlon or running event. Good story about this I will share another time. I did wear a tri top though so I had the 3 pockets in the back to carry my goodies. I needed 2 of them to carry nutrition. I did need to think really hard if I wanted the pockets on my top or my bottom as they were a necessity. Changed socks again into Features. My visor was a black Pearl Izumi visor and Smith sunglasses.
Backpack Items
These are the things I had the kids put into their backpacks just in case we needed them.
-extra UCAN chocolate powder
-Tums
-extra bottle of water w NUUN tablet
-bandaids
- pretzels
-2 protein bars
-long sleeve shirt for each of us
-body glide
-gloves
-advil
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