Today I tried out all of my new gear that I purchased for my ‘Give-it-a-Tri’ race this coming Saturday. This will be my first ever triathlon and so I needed to pick up a few essentials. Using a great article, “Top 10 Triathlon Essentials” by Jacque Crockford, I picked up the items below, all for about $100 (some I had before or borrowed them to save money).

Item	Cost
One-piece swimming suit	$30
Quick-dry bike shorts (tight fitting and longer to avoid chaffing)	$30
Loose quick-dry T-shirt	$15
Nose plug	$5
Swimming cap	$2.50
Bike (borrowed from a friend)	0
Helmet (had already)	0
Running shoes (had already)	0
Sunglasses for running/biking	$20
Goggles (had already)	0
Small sports towel	$10
TOTAL	$112.50 +tax

Is there anything I might be missing?