Short sighted solutions

Fluffybums

This may be a very silly question. I'm doing my first Triathlon in September and I'm pretty shortsighted. I was wondering what do other people do, at the moment I swim with prescription goggles, but I'm a bit worried about leaving my specs with my bike in case they get damaged. I was wondering whether to get contacts for the whole lot. The downside is wearing them in a river and possible contamination, the upside is no worried in transition and I can wear sunnies if it's a bright day.

Any advice and sharing of experiences would be much appreciated.

iwillhtfu

I saw a guy wearing glasses for the swim in my last tri. No goggles so must've been doing the breast stroke or dodgy front crawl.

If you leave you helmet upside down on your bars and your glasses inside they shouldnbe fine. I usually leave a pair of glasses there if its sunny.

Where's the tri? Good luck with it and try not to over think it all.

MrCreosote

I'm pretty short-sighted and wear glasses for day to day stuff. I pool swim with normal goggles and open water with contacts.

In a tri the simplest solution in transition is nearly always the best. I always go for contacts, daily disposable types. No faffing in transition, if your goggles break or are forgotten you can always borrow a pair, and you've the option of holding an ice-cool expression with some branded shades on the bike and run. I just feel more in "race mode" with contacts.

The only risk really is of getting the goggles knocked off and the lenses washed out. This happened to me once in one eye, I continued anyway, a little more slowly on the bike! At least with dailies it's not too expensive if it does happen.

The Lost Sheep

I generally swim blind - no contacts etc. Follow people's feet. Leave glasses in bike helmet upside down.
Wouldn't try think about them getting damaged. Put the glasses in helmet left upside down

griffin100

I'm blind without my glasses and do all my swims with normal goggles. For tri's I either hang my helmet upside down off my bike with my glasses inside or I put them into my shoes.

MD1983

daily disposable contacts - have used them for years and never had an issue. Glasses would not work for me in a race as if i am on the tribars on the bike my head is slightly tilted downwards and to look up the road i in effect have to look over the top rim of my glasses which means i am not looking through the lens of the glasses and therefore very short sighted!