Hi all
I got my 50 miles Go The Distance cap in the mail yesterday (started swimming in March after a long absence) and very proudly wore it to my swim this morning.W
When I was done, I noticed that it had discolored BIGTIME. You could see where my goggle straps had covered it; that part was still white, but the rest of it is sort of a dingy off white color. Is this a chlorine to latex reaction or what? Should I be grossed out and boycott my pool? I have never swam with a white cap before.
The cap protects your hair somewhat from the effects of chlorine exposure (chlorine drying it out and making it brittle), especially as you age, and if you swim in a pool for an hour or more per day. Cap probably doesn't provide much protection benefit if your hair is really short. Additionally, if you've shaved and tapered, but didn't want to shave your head, it would seem that the cap would reduce hydrodynamic resistance from the hair on your head.
My GTD caps have all discolored pretty badly and at least one got tossed.
I wore one GTD cap to an OW swim with a lot of triathletes, and a guy I was chatting with asked me if I really swam a 50 mile event. :D
The swimming cap is designed to protect your hair, also stopping lose hair going through the pool filter :P That said your silicone cap shouldn't discolor too much, do you know what weight it was as there are different silicone thicknesses. Not that you have a choice in what weight silicone they use :)
I wore one GTD cap to an OW swim with a lot of triathletes, and a guy I was chatting with asked me if I really swam a 50 mile event. :D
You told him yes, right? It sounds like he didn't specify continuous. :agree:
I got my first cap in the mail this week. Looking forward to turning it yellowish. Our team swim caps are now ordered in black because the white ones turned color; turned faster at some pools than others, and swimmers were complaining. Maybe if the caps don't turn color, then there is something wrong with THAT pool.
