Who needs spectacles?
DOtriHarder
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Hi guys, this is not a sales pitch.
How many of you need to correct your vision with specs or contact lenses? How do you manage in triathlon?
I am a dispensing optician and have been asked to write an article - coming soon to a 220 page near you![;)]
Let me know your thoughts some may appear in print... Fame at last!
DAvid
How many of you need to correct your vision with specs or contact lenses? How do you manage in triathlon?
I am a dispensing optician and have been asked to write an article - coming soon to a 220 page near you![;)]
Let me know your thoughts some may appear in print... Fame at last!
DAvid
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madnurse (phil)
How do you plan to cope with the swim and transition; will you wear your lenses to swim in? Will you wear goggles? Do you wear daily disposables?
Do you find you get irritated eyes from perspiration?
david
the only trouble I ever have with my lenses is in the the pool after the first length or so(doesn't seem to be a problem after this) if I get a bit of water in them. This normally goes away with some blinking etc then I get my googles sorted proberly.
Not sure how this will pan out if something goes wrong during an open water swim. I will probably have my glasses in transition just in case and hope I can complete the swim/find my bike with only one (or maybe no) lense(s)....
I'll look for my prescription tonite (if that will be of use)..but it isn't so strong as to prevent swimming. Transistion may be an issue I should probably practice this..
Havent had any real issue (as yet) swimming with lenses in ... have always bought good quality goggles with excellent water seal. Swimming with glasses is obviouosly a no way issue so it had to be lenses or nothing. I have done transition a few times without problem. When i come to racing later this year I will be wearing lenses and have to risk loosing one or even both whislt swimming. I will have spares in my bag at transition incase. Plan B in case i lose one lens .. swim on & hopefully not in a circle ... if I loose both (pray hard) and follow guy iin front at least that way I might make it back to transition to put in new ones. Plan C have a labrador on standby.
I have soft lenses which I change every month or sooner if irritable. As yet sweating has not caused issue with my eyes for any sort of training.
phil (madnurse) [8|]
I have continuous wear lenses (put them in at the start of the month & don't remove them, even for cleaning/sleeping) until the end of the month. No problems at all - like cheap, temporary, safe laser eye treatment!
Tom
Rebbo
I think I would be a little worried about swimming in dirty water with lenses that I was going to carry on using for the next week or so (unless I was sure my goggles had a good seal). But I would be really interested to hear how you are getting on with them.
Has anyone ever tried prescription goggles?
Paul
Rebbo: Yes this is one of the first steps we advise for anyone asking about cosmetic laser treatment. Laser treatment is final and does carry risks, contact lens wear is safer and reversible.
Paul: [8|] WE do suggest strongly that you clean your lenses after swimming, especially if you don't wear goggles. Even if you do there is still an increased risk of contracting acanthamoeba (available in all goood household taps) from swimming pool water. Even when chlorinated that water is still filthy - just think of all those disgustingly sweaty tri-atheletes [:@]pounding back and forth. You may think our advise is a "cover your arse" coment but you wouldn't be happy if it happenned to you and you could never wear contacts again - Here endeth the lesson![:D]
For those who don't wear contacts there are full prescription goggles, but also a cheaper option is an approximate prescription version for short-sighted people.
David
David
STOP.
Very dangerous product they are, I ended up in hospital with ulcers on both of my eyes because of those nasty things!
Very VERY painful, and its only recently I have dared wear contacts again ( daily disposables )
I have no problems with contacts in the pool ( quality goggles ) the only issue is my eyes get a little dry on the bike if I have no sunglasses on.
*squints*
Good luck with the article.
Just for your information I am the editor of Optician magazine and I am also following the Oakley Transitions Ironman Team.
The team is made up of 7 opticians from around Europe and one from South Africa. They are taking part in the Monaco Ironman 70.3 in September and as their official correspondant I am attending all of their training camps and doing the Ironman too.
Obviously the reason the team exsists is to promote Oakley Activated by Transitions eyewear.
For non-optical types this means Transitions lenses ( the ones that are clear and go dark in the sun) fitted into sporting Oakley frames. This means they change as the light conditions change. The feeback so far has been pretty good. Be warned they are a top drawer product.
For the swim corrective goggles, Aquasphere, View, Centro etc all do fairly cheap swappable lens goggles.
I use OrthoK at the moment ( also from Batemans in Guildford) I am a real fan. I double this up with plano ( uncorrected) Oakley Activated by Transitions. Last week the team did a training camp around the Monaco course and watched the Nice Ironman and in those conditions ( 27C) the lenses were great.
When I'm not using orthoK I have Rupp + Hubrach Silver shadow lenses in a Rudy project frame. These are the dog's dangly bits of cycling eyewear but have a permanent tint.
A cheaper option is something like the BBB swappable lens products with a clip-in optical insert. That provides corrected vision and all lens options.
Of course there are daily disposable contact lenses and sunglasses but don't swim in your lenses guys unless you are going to throw them away afterwards. I find this option awkward on the bike as the lenses dry out very quickly.
Have a look at my bloig on the Oakley Transitions Ironman Team:
http://oakleytransitionsironmanteam.blogspot.com/
http://www.sportsgoggles.co.uk/Default.asp*
You select the lens strength you want (I can't remember if it's to the nearest 0.25 or 0.5) and they send you your goggles for about £30. Obviously this isn't bang on, but is more than adequate to do the job. Not sure about quality compared to regular goggles, but for £30 I figure that if they last a year or two they will have paid me back.
I keep the goggles on as I run into T1 where I can put on my usual prescription glasses / sunglasses for the bike and run legs.
Matt
*other prescription goggle sites are available
Mike
www.gosportspex.com/Aquasphere_Eagle_Swimming_Goggles.asp