Hide that Junk!
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charlie6460 posted 26 weeks ago.
I always make sure my number on my race belt is hiding the junk when I cross the finish line.
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Anton posted 26 weeks ago.
Well. I usually don't have to worry about that after getting out of cold water. You guys must be ..."heroic."
Nice to see back Mal!
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TriSooner posted 26 weeks ago.
That's why I got away from tri shorts too. They are way too thin, and swim in them in a chlorinated pool more than once and they become translucent. Think about full cycling shorts, start to finish. I wish I could find that pic someone posted on here of the guy who had an unfortunate placement of the gu bottle.
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jtrimom posted 26 weeks ago.
welcome back! you haven't been here in a while, so anything that I have to say about your topic would be completely inappropriate ;) Have fun in your upcoming races
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Quincyceltic posted 26 weeks ago.
I just did my first tri last weekend and I, like you, am Irish. I did throw on running shorts in T2 over my tri shorts. I'm sure as I get more experience and a little slimmer I will probally just run in the tri shorts. If not just tuck and run with a hobble.
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Captain Mal posted 26 weeks ago.
Thanks for the welcome back guys. I'm ready to get back to racing and all the accompanying summer fun. I may try the strategic number placement or just go with the shorts.
Sooner, I totally remember that pic. One of the best.
Jtrimom, I expected a demand for pics from you! The answer is no. No one wants to see that. Ergo, the shorts.
"Faster would be better!" -Captain Mal, Serenity-
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gfd posted 26 weeks ago.
I haven't had an issue with my tri shorts but the other day I was walking through the locker room in my jammers and happened to glance in the mirror. Hello! Nothing left for the imagination. I felt a slightly self conscious walking out to the pool, but quickly got over it. It's all about the training ;-)
Welcome back.
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Anton posted 26 weeks ago.
WHERE is that pic of the Polish National Team from a few years back?
Oh yea...+1 to Sooner...I'm all about bike shorts for the whole race...
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TriSooner posted 26 weeks ago.
Anton wrote:
WHERE is that pic of the Polish National Team from a few years back?
Google image search for "red cycling shorts" reveals this great pic. (Maybe NSFW)
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gfd posted 26 weeks ago.
The unfortunate gu flask:
http://trifuel.com/photo/13375/note-to-self-do-not-store-gu-flask-in-fro...
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xc800runner posted 26 weeks ago.
gfd wrote:
The unfortunate gu flask:
http://trifuel.com/photo/13375/note-to-self-do-not-store-gu-flask-in-front-of-shorts-during-race
You forgot the url tags. Should work in this post.
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gfd posted 26 weeks ago.
Thanks. I stink.
"If we help someone else up a steep hill, we get nearer to the top ourselves." ~Unknown~
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jtrimom posted 26 weeks ago.
TriSooner wrote:
Anton wrote:WHERE is that pic of the Polish National Team from a few years back?
Google image search for "red cycling shorts" reveals this great pic. (Maybe NSFW)
that was great for a laugh!
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jtrimom posted 26 weeks ago.
Captain Mal wrote:
Thanks for the welcome back guys. I'm ready to get back to racing and all the accompanying summer fun. I may try the strategic number placement or just go with the shorts.Sooner, I totally remember that pic. One of the best.
Jtrimom, I expected a demand for pics from you! The answer is no. No one wants to see that. Ergo, the shorts.
I guess you've been lurking :)
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zagfan posted 26 weeks ago.
Welcome back. I've never had a problem with wearing tri shorts or jammers for these reasons. It is weird when I get out of the pool and realize I'm standing right next to the young female lifeguard with my manhood basically hanging out there. I'm more worried about comfort than I am about being self conscious. But then again I am known to go streaking when I get drunk.
Oh, and my wife is a nurse and my tri shorts certainly don't make her blush, matter of fact...she likey :)
"Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever." Lance Armstrong
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ChunkyB posted 26 weeks ago.
Welcome back (to me and you, Cap'n). I've never experienced any of these problems, so I can't speak from experience.
I say, if you got it, flaunt it.
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cutiger95 posted 26 weeks ago.
Heck it is a race. Kinda like watching other sports where there is little clothing.
I don't really care, my wife and kids don't mind. Well the 10 yr old minds but knows that she isn't going to get me to change and is used to me walking around in tri-suit or cycling shorts now. Poor girl is probably damaged for life now as her uncle and I run around in swim trunks and bike shorts when the family beach trip arrives. You still have to get the training in even on vacation.
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Tamara posted 26 weeks ago.
Wait -- is it a CHUNKY B sighting???? Captain Mal and CB return at the same time. Rock on fellas.
In any event, I'm sitting here nursing a super large coffee (which I don't even like), trying to recover from graduation parties at the Naval Academy all week and these photos were just what I needed to wake up this morning.
thanks, guys.
Mal -- wear the dang tri shorts and be proud of whatever is visible. This is triathlon -- people aren't wearing much and are showing a whole lot of everything out there. You won't be alone
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paganopj posted 26 weeks ago.
You could try these....they're hootchie shorts, but you can wear square trunks underneath. They're comfy....
http://shop.navyseals.com/udt-seal-swim-shorts-khaki-945.html
Just keep spinning....spinning, spinning....uh, do I know you?
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Triguy98 posted 26 weeks ago.
You're wearing black right? Any other color asks for trouble. The thinner and smaller cut of the chamois of tri shorts definitely doesnt contain everything as well, but it's better than an speedo. And your race belt should be in front of you blocking that all off anyway.
And never swim in the pool in tri shorts, unless its a race. They arent designed for repeat expose to chlorine. That what swim jammers are for.
Life is short. Play hard and get dirty doing it.
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Captain Mal posted 26 weeks ago.
Dude, I'm totally diggin' those hootchie shorts. They remind me of the circa 1070 school issue suits you had to wear to the school's pool. Serioulsy bad news for a bunch of guys just starting college.
I know ChunkyB does the biking shorts all day too. That is something to consider.
But, since I do have the new tri shorts, I want to use them. (They are black. Ever since I followed a not-too-skinny dude into the water while he was wearing nothing but white UnderArmour shorts, I have had post traumatic episodes.) I think you talked me in to having the race belt and number run interference for me. Thus, Captain Mal tries to retain some Tri-Cool.
"Faster would be better!" -Captain Mal, Serenity-
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gfd posted 26 weeks ago.
I can't believe the Navy SEAL's have gift shop. Do the British SAS? What about DELTA?
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gfd posted 26 weeks ago.
They do: http://www.daredandwon.com/index.html
"If we help someone else up a steep hill, we get nearer to the top ourselves." ~Unknown~
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beads1985 posted 26 weeks ago.
I go with the dark color and usually have my race belt with number in front for modesty.
Otherwise I am just a man, baby! ;-)
'Nothing to it, but to do it!'
So, I've been gone for a while. Sorry, it's nice to see you all again.
Last year was my fourth season and my brother and I decided it would be good to step up to a half iron distance. Basically, it suHUUUcked! I have a race report for last year's Vikingman on here somewhere. Anyway, that was engouh for me to go off the grid for a while and do some friendly group rides and the like.
At some point last winter I decided that it is not the right time for me to be doing longer distances (too many little kids and too much work), so I decided to try to go a little faster this year. I geared up a little bit to facilitate this, got me some tri clothing, clip on aerobars, and an areo helmet. (I'm still too cheap to get a tri bike or race wheels...or even a tri wetsuit).
My A race is in about a month and I've got a local pool sprint in a week and a half, so I have been doing some training in my new spandex. I have only done this indoors (when wifey is away swiming and I am with the kids, it is the treadmill and trainer.) After one of these trainer sessions, I have been going to the treadmill for 10 or 15 minutes to get in a mini-brick and pracitce using the tri clothes for both running and biking.
So, finally to the point of this post. There is a serious problem with me running in these tri shorts. Um, a modesty problem I guess. Seriously, you can see enough detail to make a nurse blush. For some reason it is much worse than my bike shorts or my jammers. Maybe it is just the fact that I am running that makes things so much more, uh, visable. Anyway, I think I am going to have to throw on some meshies at T2. Sorry, but it looks like I won't be as tri-cool as all y'all.
"Faster would be better!" -Captain Mal, Serenity-