So I'm getting ready for my first tri this weekend and while I will be impressively slow due to not really, you know, training, we are looking at getting tri shorts/tops to race in.
Originally I'd planned to wear my bathing suit and pull running shorts over it for the bike/run, as the bike is short, but I am still breaking myself in to the saddle so my bf was thinking tri shorts would be best, since I could do everything in them.
Leaving aside that I shrivel up in horror, body-image wise, at this, I have some questions....
-what is the real difference between tri shorts and bike shorts?
-could you swim in bike shorts?
-is there anything I should be looking for, women-specific, in tri shorts (that the bf won't know, for instance)?
And anything else.
....now I just have to not crash my bike and I'll be fine but slow :)
Originally I'd planned to wear my bathing suit and pull running shorts over it for the bike/run, as the bike is short, but I am still breaking myself in to the saddle so my bf was thinking tri shorts would be best, since I could do everything in them.
Leaving aside that I shrivel up in horror, body-image wise, at this, I have some questions....
-what is the real difference between tri shorts and bike shorts?
-could you swim in bike shorts?
-is there anything I should be looking for, women-specific, in tri shorts (that the bf won't know, for instance)?
And anything else.
....now I just have to not crash my bike and I'll be fine but slow :)