- That was a doozy.
That was 4400 meters in one hour 28 minutes, speedy.
With ROKA's care package goggles
and wetsuits and things to try out,
I've been giving a few more sets of goggles a go,
and it really got me thinking, how many sets of goggles
is the perfect amount of goggles that a triathlete needs?
So today, once I get back into the pain cavern,
we're gonna go through three sets of goggles
that I think you need, and I'm gonna tell you
about the one that you can get that covers all of them
if you're on a budget. (upbeat music)
Alright, let's talk about the dream team,
oh disgusting, Pete, of goggles.
So I think that triathletes need, ideally,
three different goggles.
Now, I know you've got a lot of stuff to buy,
you've got bikes and helmets and cycling shoes
and running shoes and all that stuff
and race entries and coaching
and the Triathlon Taren Team Trainiac Training Platform,
just saying, but relatively, swimming is really cheap.
That, how much is that, 15, 16 grand?
Goggles, 19 bucks.
Hell of a sport, and the thing about goggles
is when you start getting into open water specific goggles,
you can save yourself a ton of time.
Those wheels cost about 4000 dollars.
Might make you about a kilometer faster
in the course of your bike, saving you one to two minutes.
Being able to actually see the buoys,
see what's out in open water, and sight in a straight line?
Same sort of thing, can save you a minute to two minutes.
4000 dollars, 20 bucks, so as far as
dollar per minute saved goes, all of the bike aerodynamics
and the running carbon plated sole technologies
pale in comparison to the 20 dollar purchase
that you can make to get properly set up with goggles.
Let's start out with the easiest set of goggles.
You need a pool set of goggles.
This is a cheap set of goggles, ideally clear,
so that you can see the clock,
but nice and low profile, we're not talking about,
hang on, we're not talking about these big suckers.
I only own these, because I use them for the marathon swim,
and when you've got something sucked onto your face
for like nine hours, yeah, you want it nice and cushy,
but these, really overkill, very high profile,
absolutely not meant for the pool,
and even in open water, these have such a high profile
that we're talking about drag from the water.
I wouldn't recommend these, but in the pool,
you want something inexpensive,
because the chlorine is gonna deteriorate it.
You want something that is nice and cushy,
has some silicon or just a little bit of rubber
like the Socket Rocket goggles,
but you want 'em nice and low profile
that sit somewhat inside your eye socket,
so that when you dive in the water,
these things aren't gonna get ripped right off,
because the profile doesn't catch the water.
These are the Finis Circuit goggles
and I'm a big fan of these.
They're kind of similar to the Speedo Vanquisher 2.0's.
Something like this is like, the bread and butter
that you'll see a lot of swimmers using.
So that's the pool google, now let's get into open water.
This is the Roka F1, this is the Roca X1,
and what you'll see with both of these as a commonality
is that they are both mirrored goggles,
but these are clear and these are amber tinted.
I recommend having both.
The clear goggles are really good for open water
when it's a little bit overcast.
The mirror takes a little bit of the glare off the water.
Even when it's overcast, you're still gonna get
a little bit of glare on the water,
but the clear aspect of this is still
gonna allow everything to pop.
You're gonna be able to see the buoys
contrast nicely with the shore, and you're gonna be able
to sight with things on shore really well.
The amber tinted goggles are really good
for when it's very sunny out, and when it's sunny,
you definitely need that mirror to get rid of the glare,
but the amber takes down the brightness of it all,
and I find that the amber color allows the buoys
to really, really pop off a typically green shoreline,
so you're gonna be able to spot everything really well.
Now, as far as size goes in open water,
these F1's are what I would typically use.
When Roca sent out these X1's that are,
they just seemed so big, I was like,
"Really, how do you use these?
These are gonna have so much drag."
I swam in them and my swim times were actually
the exact same swimming with these as swimming with these,
but with these Roka X1's, the amount of visibility
that you have everywhere is absolutely incredible
and it's still really nice and comfy,
it sits nicely inside the eye socket
without sitting outside the eye socket
like these big mamajamas.
And one quick tip for these with open water,
get yourself a little bit of anti-fog spray
and the night before, cover it in about three layers.
Let it dry overnight, waiting about
one to two hours in between coats.
If you do it the morning of, it's not really gonna settle in
so the night before is when you wanna do that.
So cheap, clear goggles for the pool.
Clear, mirrored goggles for when it's overcast.
Clear, amber goggles for when it's sunny.
And personally, if it comes to F1 versus X1, I'd go X1.
I think that these are a really nice balance
between nice and big so that you can see
a heck of a lot in open water during the race,
which is critical to make sure that,
even if you're just getting a little sight
out of the corner of your eye, a goggle isn't' in the way.
But what happens if you're like,
"You know what, Taren, no, no, no, no, no,
that extra 40 bucks to get the extra two sets
of goggles is too much."
What I would probably recommend is something like this.
This is the Finis Circuit goggle
with a mirrored, slightly tinted finish,
kind of provides the best of all worlds.
It allows you to dive really well in the pool,
it's not so dark in the pool that you can't see the clock,
it's a nice amount of tint without being
too kind of one end of the spectrum for sun or for overcast.
And the adjustable straps on the side, I really like.
So if you only have to get one pair of goggles,
I'd get something like this.
So there you go, Trainiacs.
Live large, spend like you're Lebron James
and you just got into triathlon.
Buy three sets of goggles and brag to all your friends.
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