📅 To change on the bike weeks ahead of the race
Make sure to ride a few times with the new gear.
- New cleats
- New brake pads
- New tires
- New rim tape
- New shift cables
- New chain
🧳 Things to bring on race day
📝 Things you'll need the whole race
- Trisuit (my favorite ones: Z3r0d Racer and Zoot's Ultra Tri P1)
- Smartwatch (charged!). Here are a few tips for setting up a garmin watch for a triathlon
- A transponder, worn at the ankle (provided by the organization)
- A waterproof HRM chest strap
- Aero calf sleeves, to be a little faster on the bike. Also serves as compression sleeves when running. To be worn the whole time, under the wetsuit first. If no wetsuit allowed, to be worn only from the cycling leg onward.
🏊 For swimming
- Swimming cap (usually provided by the organization)
- Swimming goggles
- Wetsuit (optional - sometimes allowed, sometimes forbidden, sometimes mandatory)
For the transition swim -> bike
- A small towel, to dry your feet and remove the dust/dirt
🚴 For cycling
- Race bike (make it lightweight! remove unnecessary equipment)
- Bike computer (optional)
- Helmet
- Glasses
- Bike shoes
- Fingerless gloves
- Water bottles, already on the bike. One filled with only water, the other with isotonic powder and water.
- Low cut socks, that you'll wear for both the cycling and running legs
- A triathlon belt to carry gels and display the bib number, to be worn until the end of the race
- Gels: have some in the belt, some on the bike. Aim for your weight in grams of carbs per hour: you weight 75 kgs, you take 75 grams per hour.
- Anti puncture liquid for tubes / sealant: Interesting readings: 1 and 2
- 2 CO2 cannisters with inflator, to store in the saddle bag
- 2 or 3 spare tubes, in the saddle bag too
- Glueless patches, in the saddle bag too
- Tire levers and multi tool, in the saddle bag too
- A mini pump, attached to the bike frame
🏃 For running
Wear the same cycling glasses. Keep the aero calf sleeves on. Stock up on gels again during the bike -> run transition, again aim for your weight in grams of carbs per hour.
- Race running shoes
- A cap (optional)