Hi all,
If anyone else wears glasses and does tri, could you share any hints and tips - particularly for Ironman?
Swim - as a crap swimmer I'm banking on just following those in front, and hoping that any bouys are large enough for me to see. Back up will be positioning myself according to the position of the sun, but it can move a long way in 2 1/2 hours!! (and I will need to adjust at the turns, assuming that I know that I am there!!). I know I can get prescription goggles, but the finances have run out so that is a no-no. IMUK apparently will have a table where I can pick up my glasses, so if I get that far without getting lost I will be OK.
Bike - as an even crappier cyclist, I tend to start streaming sweat at an early stage. Any tips for keeping the glasses on and not slipping down my nose? I end up paranoid that they will fall off! Also what do you do when it is raining? I end up being able to see nothing, and taking them off sometimes - not a good idea when racing as I can see in colours and broad shapes only! Again finaces do not allow for prescription cycling shades.....
Run - rain is OK as I wear a baseball cap with the peak pulled down, which keeps most of the rain off the glasses. Slight trouble with the galsses slipping down my nose, but pushing them back up isn't really a problem whilst running.
What is anyone's experience of contacts? I've been told not to wear them swimming, although I know that some of you do from earlier discussions. I've got two reservations about this:
1. I'm not going to want to be pi$$ing about in T1 trying to get contacts in
2. If I lose a lens (whether swimming or not) I'm screwed unless I am carrying spares and have a steady hand (some hope in an IM!!)
Any feedback appreciated, and although I hope it won't rain when I'm on the bike, I would like a contingency plan that involves being able to see!!
0 ·
Comments
So amonia is OK - but is chlorine OK as well? (I do all my training in the pool, and the golden rule is don't try anything new on the day.......)
Thanks Jj!!
I come in the half blind catagory!
I wear prescription goggles for the swim, and they only cost £25 and my prescription is a bit of a strange one.
for the bike I invested in addidas sunglasses with prescription insert, they have a nice strap so no worries about them falling off and dont slip but a bit pricey £160
then I just run with my normal specs
hope that helps a bit
erm..........)
Lowest risk/price option is probably the daily wear type lenses. Once you've had a check-up and contact lens prescription, you can buy these by the box (usually 30 = 15 pairs in a box). And if by some bad-luck you lose one in the water it's not a financial disaster!
By the way, the law has just changed. Your optician has to give you your contact lens prescription after a check-up which means you can now buy lenses anywhere you like
(before, this law applied only to spectacle prescription)
Some people with monthly disposably lenses keep a pair for only wearing swimming, separate from the others which they change every month (if that makes sense), but I never seem to be that organised.
Maybe get daily throwaway ones?
Pretty comfortable, I wore mine for several hours during a long distance swim, no leaks or problems.
You can also buy extra lenses for them if you want different tints for different conditions/activities.
For the IM I am planning to leave my glasses in T2 so that if my contacts are annoying me, occasionally do if they have been in a long time and I am tired, I can take the contacts out and throw them away and put on my glasses.
But I can see well enough to run and swim without them anyway.
[the pirates rebel......]
I wear daily disposables, but wear them for 2 days (hope my optician's not reading this), unless I've been swimming, when I ditch them after one day. I buy them online, and it works out at about £10 a month.
Yes, they were a bit pricey but worth every penny.
[starts to get squeamish thinking about it]