recommend to me some goggles…the ones I have were cheap, and they continually fog up…which is driving me nuts…SO, any recommendations??
ALSO, in regards to wetsuits, is there any advantage to buying a short sleeve or sleeveless wetsuit, or is it better to just buy a full one right off the bat…for reference, I live in Minnesota. Just wondering cause I signed up to do Square Lake in Stillwater, and the site says “Wetsuit recommended”.
For goggles, go to a sporting goods or swim shop that lets you take them out of the box or bag, and then start trying them on. Goggles fit properly when you can firmly press the eye cups around your eyes, and you can feel them seal around your eye sockets without putting the head strap on.
Fogging is pretty much going to happen with all goggle types and brands. There are a bunch of different ways people deal with that ranging from special drops to baby shampoo to spit on the lenses.
Everyone’s face is different and what works for one will not work for another. That said, I swear by Aqua Sphere Kaimans. Whatever you get remember that some of those weenie pool goggles, even though they feel great and fit great, might not be substantial enough for the OW.
I love speedo vanquisher goggles.
speedo speed sockets with the gasket, best things ever.
Only thing I would add is get some with rubber gaskets instead of foam. Will last much longer. Also get a two strap not a single strap. Can adjust better to you face and less likely to fall off.
Speedo Women’s Vanquisher. I think you will have a choice of pastel green, orange, blue, or pink.
When they fog up - spit in them, swirl it around, dump excess spit out in the water. Slightly gross but it works.
You spit in your goggles? ewww.
I just dip them in the pool and leave a tiny amount of water in the lenses. That usually works.
I use Tyr Socket Rockets, awesome goggles. Not sure if they come in pink, I’ll have to check.
You spit in your goggles? ewww.
I just dip them in the pool and leave a tiny amount of water in the lenses. That usually works.
I use Tyr Socket Rockets, awesome goggles. Not sure if they come in pink, I’ll have to check.
Ewww? What the heck do you think is in the pool water?
Because no one sweats, sheds skin cells, hair, or pees in a pool. Never. There’s never weird cleaning chemicals that get washed off the deck into the pool either.
I agree with the cheap Speedo googles with rubber gaskets and two straps. No need for anything real fancy.
**Because no one sweats, sheds skin cells, hair, or pees in a pool. Never. There’s never weird cleaning chemicals that get washed off the deck into the pool either. **
Not in MY pool. it is pristine.
Next thing you’ll be telling me that lakes are polluted, and fish poop in the ocean.
Keep it cheap and simple: Swedish goggles.
someone told me once that there is an enzyme in saliva that prevents them from fogging up.
then I took bio in college and learned what an enzyme actually does (speeds up a chemical reaction) so I don’t think enzymes have anti-fog properties. It is probably the moisture, which is why your trick works.
I have not swum since Sunday. I do not think I have ever been out of the water this long… but I need to rest… I am not enjoying doing so one bit! Do you know what they did today? Sprinters got to do a 1000 straight, sprint every fourth length.
The distance group did 2 x Set 1 at 80% :15 RI. Set 2 at 80% drop the interval :05
— to set up for Saturday’s workout, which is 2 x : Take your 80% interval from Thursday and subtract :05 from what you did on sets 1 and 2 (So if you used 1:30 and 1:25 on Thursday, you would use 1:25 and 1:20 for this workout). The effort level should be 90% to max. In between sets swim a 200 recovery.
Figures, I have to rest and they do wicked fun workouts!!! And I would LOVE to see our sprinters try to swim a straight thousand, I don’t think they can count that high…
whining over. I wanna swim
I used to use Swedes, but they tend to bruise the bridge of my nose next to the eye socket. I’d be walking around with 2 black marks on my eyes for months, between that and my chlorine bleached hair, I looked like a drug addict (I wasn’t, just to clarify).
When the Tyr Socket Rockets came out, I thought I had died and gone to heaven. Exact same fit as the Swedes, still cheaper than dirt, and just comfy enough where they touch bone.
I love my swedes, and would never use another type of goggles. They fit my face perfectly, and I don’t have dermatitus problems with them like I do with foam or rubber-padded goggles.
But I know they’re not going to work for everyone.
Did you swim today?
“And I would LOVE to see our sprinters try to swim a straight thousand, I don’t think they can count that high”
In all my years of swimming, I don’t think I ever successfully counted past a 400. And that was only if it was an IM set.
Actually I take that back. A few times we did long course 1500’s, I could count those. But short course, no way I could count.
I’ve never managed to get away from the old school foam speedo sprints. I know that I’ll never be a real swimmer until I change over to Swedes 
Non-Fish: PLEASE don’t get a mask type or really big goggles. It’s always fun to play “spot the triathlete” at a pool just by looking for the goggles. Someone comes in with Swedes…and that’s someone to look out for!
foam speedo sprints
Those are an acceptable substitute for Swedes. but nothing else.
square lake?!?!?!?! that was my first 1/2!!! Yes, it was cold. Not too hilly tho, a great race.
i spent most of the bike alone out in the woods
Some of my best fishy friends had longtime addictions to the old Hind Compy goggles. As long as they’re small, and you can brag about how cheap they are, they’re proper swim goggles.
Now if you were talking about a Barracuda addiction, we’d have to talk.
Johnson’s baby shampoo keeps the fog away and wont sting your eyes. Rub it in and rinse, youll be good for a few swims.
Wetsuit, go Full.