tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8330475755327026064.post1427788395853565939..comments2023-04-01T18:10:03.334-07:00Comments on Big Girls Can TRI: Wardrobe Malfunction in the Making?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8330475755327026064.post-18229124859296243582009-06-17T09:16:26.222-07:002009-06-17T09:16:26.222-07:00My observations as a fattie who did her first tri ...My observations as a fattie who did her first tri (Seattle Danskin) last year:<br />1. A wetsuit is absolutely worth it. Even if you shrink your body out of it for next year, you can still get a good chunk of your money back out of it by selling it. I don't know how you're proportioned, but if you decide to go with a wetsuit, definitely look at the WLA (or WXLA, if you happen to find a old stash of them somewhere) size from BlueSeventy. It seems to work fine for a pretty wide range of body types. (I'm an "apple", a friend is a "pear", and we both had luck with that suit.)<br /><br />2. Padded/cushy seats are often worse than hard seats...they provide more opportunity for things to get mashed up. (And by "things," I mean your bits.) You may just need a different shape/make/model of saddle that fits you better. Once you get the fit right, your butt will get used to it as you ride more.<br /><br />3. Check out the tri wear from Junonia. Also, if you can't find a tri-short that fits you, see if the people at Aero Tech will do their plus size bike shorts with a tri chamois/pad instead. They've been known to make modifications like that in the past.<br /><br />4. My raceday wear consists of: Louis Garneau tri-suit (XXL), BlueSeventy sleeveless wetsuit (WXLA), a QuikWik tank from Junonia that I put on before the bike (2X), a pink race skirt from SkirtSports that I put on before the run (XXL), and a pink racebelt (from some random tri shop in Seattle).<br /><br />Hope some of that helps!<br />J. <br />(@judashlie on Twitter)PinkGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08839904001411627708noreply@blogger.com