Triathlon - wear contacts under goggles??

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Raffy-D
12-03-03, 03:37 PM
swimmers with poor eyesight get corrective goggles... but what do triathletes do? do you wear your contacts underneath the goggles?

caloso
12-03-03, 04:07 PM
Yup. There's no way I'd be able to find the beach, much less my bike.

I wear soft disposables. They've gotten a little dry if I have an extremely long (45+ min for me) session in the pool. Otherwise, no problems at all.
Renault78law
12-03-03, 09:32 PM
I've worn my soft disposables to play water polo, swim with and without goggles, surfed, body surfed, scuba dived, etc etc. They're never ever come out, and I even open my eyes underwater. I wouldn't try it with hard contacts though, those fall out easy.

TriBob
12-04-03, 09:18 AM
I always wear my contacts swimming too.
RiPHRaPH
12-04-03, 10:21 AM
soft disposables. yes.

but that about the beer goggles?
itschris
12-04-03, 03:14 PM
I don't have the best eyesite, but I don't go without. I dont find it absolutely critical or limiting in anyway. In the water, I just follow the herd anyway. They're usually thrashing all about so I can't miss them. I think it's just one less thing to go wrong and cost you time.
TrekRider
12-04-03, 04:39 PM
A cycling fanatic friend of mine had a welt on the bridge of his nose. I asked how he got it and he said "Glasses." I asked if he had tried contacts, and he said, "Sure, but they don't hold enough beer."