New to OW swims longer than what's in an Olympic tri and am registered for 2 this spring. I'm worried about frying my back and legs. What is a good sunscreen/block that stays put for a couple of hours? Thanks in advance. You guys are so inspiring (and funny in places).
I've had the problem of putting sunscreen on after being bodymarked and still having the sunsreen rub a lot of the ink off my arm. I try to wait as long as possible to let the ink dry, but that's been so-so in effectiveness.
Ellen - Assuming the race is in the morning, if you're only doing a 5K and don't burn like an Irishman, you're probably fine with a regular sunscreen as you'll only be in the water for no more than 1h30m. I use Water Babies Pure & Simple SPF 50 and it works like a charm. See you at Nats!
I've had the problem of putting sunscreen on after being bodymarked and still having the sunsreen rub a lot of the ink off my arm. I try to wait as long as possible to let the ink dry, but that's been so-so in effectiveness.A couple of suggestions for applying sunscreen and body markings.
1) If you apply sunscreen first, do it at least 45 minutes before getting marked, giving it a chance to absorb and dry a bit.
2) If you apply sunscreen after body marking, use spritz on sunscreen over the numbers and use whatever you like elsewhere.
One other body marking suggestion; post race use rubbing alcohol and cotton swab or paper towel to remove your race number.
Ellen - Assuming the race is in the morning, if you're only doing a 5K and don't burn like an Irishman, you're probably fine with a regular sunscreen as you'll only be in the water for no more than 1h30m. I use Water Babies Pure & Simple SPF 50 and it works like a charm. See you at Nats!
I burn like a Scotsman, but I agree a regular high SPF sunscreen should be enough. See you at Nats!
Watermans! www.watermansappliedscience.com/ It is part zinc, part other sunscreen stuff, and completely awesome. I used it for an 8 hour swim on a sunny day last summer and the only burn I got was where I missed.
