RunningAHEAD - Topic: swim cap

pablo_144.6

IMKY13 finish!!

posted: 7/9/2010 at 4:09 PM

Well, my first triathlon (sprint distance) is 7 weeks away. I am not the best swimmer, but I am getting a tad better each time. I have seen some people with swim caps & some without. Other than keeping hair dry (which I don't care about), is there any real "advantage" of using a swim cap versus not? Thanks!!

Fitness/weight goals for 2014

1) STAY INJURY FREE!!!

2) Get to 189 lbs by the end of July 2014...and stay there (as of 4-25-14 was at 203 lbs)

3) Complete Ironman Chattanooga in under 14 hours

4) Break 4 hours in a stand alone marathon (Goal race=Rocket City 12/13/14)

5) 4,500 total overall miles for the year:

Swim: 100 miles

Bike: 3,000 miles

Run: 1,400 miles

Burnt Toast

posted: 7/9/2010 at 4:26 PM

In you triathlon, you will have to wear one. Some tri's use different colors to seperate the starting waves, others use a certain color so the life guards can look for that color as you swim to see if you go under and come back up.

As for training swim sessions, I'd start swimming with one on from time to time just to get used to swimming with one.

The pain that hurts the worse is the imagined pain. One of the most difficult arts of racing is learning to ignore the imagined pain and just live with the present pain (which is always bearable.) - Jeff

2014 Goals:

Stay healthy

Enjoy life

T-Bone

Puttin' on the foil

posted: 7/9/2010 at 7:14 PM

I wear a silicon one in the pool because if I don't my hair turns into straw because of the chlorine. Silicon is better because it does pull your hair like the cheap rubber ones. They cost about $12. I wear brightly colored caps when I swim in open water so I am more visible.

Don't be obsessed with your desires Danny. The Zen philosopher Basha once wrote, 'A flute with no holes, is not a flute. A donut with no hole, is a Danish.'

jdazzle

posted: 7/9/2010 at 11:35 PM

wish i had the hair to worry about... you can always spend $25 on a pair of clippers instead!

ChknWingy

Oh Mighty Wing

posted: 7/12/2010 at 9:48 AM

I wear a florescent pink one... cause it's AWESOME!!

Here is the secret for the rubber ones: put powder in them after wearing. (dry it off first) The powder does 2 things - helps keep it from sticking to itself and helps keep it from pulling your hair out (and no it won't fall off). Just use a little.

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