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Nudity revisited
penguin
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Firstly, apologies for some of the more senior members, I am sure this is an old question.
but...
I have registered for my first long distance triathlon (140.6 mile).
In the past at shorter races nudity was somewhat frowned upon.
Is ‘nudeing it up’ usually ok for these type of events?
Let me clarify, I mean nudity in the transition zone…not the total event.
Is there simply a tent full of naked people and Assos ass cream flying around the place?
Or are more discrete cubicles the norm?
but...
I have registered for my first long distance triathlon (140.6 mile).
In the past at shorter races nudity was somewhat frowned upon.
Is ‘nudeing it up’ usually ok for these type of events?
Let me clarify, I mean nudity in the transition zone…not the total event.
Is there simply a tent full of naked people and Assos ass cream flying around the place?
Or are more discrete cubicles the norm?
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how nude were you thinking?
I mean, if you just mean changing your top I'm sure that would be ok.
I think the pad would be wet and horrible for the bike, then of course have to run with it.
I was wondering if you can get changed into cycling clothes, then again into running clothes.
I suggest if you want to wear a bib then you wear a light sports brief - I refer you to Fi's posting 'Knickers and Pants'
Over here in Oz we have the same issues with nudity and I like you prefer to put on 'real' cycling shorts for a long distance event (HIM/IM). The IMs are no problem as they have changing tents for male and female and in there anything goes! As the female helper said to me at my last IM 'I have seen everthing in here and nothing shocks me'. The HIM this year also had a tent but I did not know this until the day so I used my previously 'patented method'! of having a towel with a small amount of velcro attached (top edge) so I could wrap it around my waist loosley and it would stay up without arms, and then I could get the speedos off and cycling shorts on and then pull the towel off without offending anyone. The no arms bit is good because it saves doing the 'hopping and falling over bit' when trying to use one arm/hand to hang on to the towel and pull the speedos off.
This probably adds a minute to my transition time but I would rather 'get comfortable' for a long ride than possibly endure a serious amount of chaffing with a wet pair of cycling shorts. I do ensure that I have put a generous amount of chamois creme on the shorts before setup.
Good Luck with your event
FW
I have seen these change tents on you tube for Ironman races. I was unsure if they were exclusive to these events (due to the ridiculously high entrance fees).
I am from Oz so nudity is the norm, but the race is in Germany were nudity seems to be the norm.
I was hoping to sort this little problem out in advance of the day.... perhaps it is best to email the race organisers...and directly ask "Do you have changing facilities?"
Thanks for the comments.
Penguin