Today is one of those days that the training just isn’t going to get squeezed in. I had a meeting all morning, family coming in to town this afternoon and a pretty messy house to address. Oh, I also need to do my work which is what I should be doing now but when reading an article on reading glasses online just now I saw the following headline:
“Experts say urinating in the shower is not so bad from a health and safety standpoint.”
Seriously, how could I not read that. I know they say urine is sterile, if you’re ever stranded and have nothing to drink you can resort to drinking your own pee, etc., etc. Well it seems that Brazil, in efforts to promote water conservation is recommending folks pee in the shower:)
My husband Steve prides himself on the fact that he has never peeed in his wetsuit. We even lent it to someone participating in the Rattlesnake Tri last weekend and I had to do so with the stipulation that it was not to be peeed in. He actually even needed to pee during his Ironman swim this summer and said he just couldn’t bring himself to do it. So my question is, if going green makes it ok to pee in the shower, does that also make it ok to go in your wetsuit??? Chime in please, I’m curious to know what you all think…….
For the record, I have yet to pee in my wetsuit……. but I’ve only worn it a few times:)
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Just to be clear, I am not saying there is anything wrong with peeing in your wetsuit. I have just never done it nor have any desire to do it.
My thoughts are this:
1) Wetsuits keep you warm by holding the cold water against your body and not letting it back out. Hence, your body warms the water and now you are surrounded by warm water.
My thoughts: If I pee in my wetsuit, now I have my warm pee all over my body and I will be kept warm by my pee. Good from a temperature standpoint, bad from an “itchy, yucky” standpoint.
2) The swim is the shortest leg of the triathlon
My Thoughts: In a sprint, I might be out of the water in 9 minutes. If I can’t hold it 9 minutes I have bigger issues.
In an Ironman I will be out of the water in an hour and 10 to 20 minutes. If I can’t hold it for an hour, is it worth the body itch for the rest of the day? Didn’t I just pee in the porta-potty before the race anyway??
I know if I want to qualify for Kona, or get on the podium that one day i will have to pee in my wetsuit:pee on the bike:pee while running. But right now, my triathlon is simply swim:bike:run, without the pee. And I got to say, I like it that way.