At Dinkum Dunnies we run our business in the belief that we’re making the world, or at least Brisbane and the Sunshine Coast, a better place for all. Toilet and portable shower hire keep everything running smoothly and the stink to a minimum.
The stinky side of triathlons and sporting events
So it was a bit of a shock when we decided to do a quick informal survey to find out about access to showers at six of the bigger, sweatier sporting events occurring throughout the hot and humid summer months in Brisbane and the Sunshine Coast.
To put it mildly and in socially acceptable words, we were gobsmacked to discover that not a single sporting event that we contacted provided portable shower hire to contestants and participants. We’re talking about summer in South East Queensland combined with some serious sweat-inducing activity such as cycling, swimming and running. Not to mention some spectacularly tough mud getting in every hard-to reach-crack and crevice.
A few suggested the use of nearby showers at public pools or surf clubs but not a single one was offering portable shower hire to the thousands of sweaty participants.
Benefits of a shower after your triathlon or other competitive sporting event
There is one thing that every athlete needs after training or racing and that is a warm shower. The immediate and powerful benefits can be summed up into just a few words—you feel and smell better. A win for you and everyone else around you. Especially if you’re heading home via public transport. If you’re driving home without showering and you’re a triathlon novice, remember to bring a towel to sit on for the trip home. Don’t discover the hard way how difficult sweat stains and stink are to remove from car upholstery.
Forget the fancy cold immersion tubs or ice baths, high-flow and contrast showers that are debated endlessly in triathlon forums in an attempt to prove which one gives you the best competitive edge. The race is over, all that’s needed are the basic old-fashioned ablutions, paying particular attention to the sweaty and smelly parts. Then a quick towel-dry and fresh clean clothes and you’re ready to go out and enjoy that adrenalin that you’ve swum, cycled, run and maybe even crawled through mud to earn. Celebrate your amazing athletic achievement without a lathering of salt, sweat, sand or mud leaving you feeling pretty icky and smelling even less pleasant.
In the words of Triathlon Australia, water is a great recovery tool and is relatively easy and affordable to access.
Culture change
Are we just a nation of smelly athletes meekly accepting the lack of portable shower hire at our sporting events?
We can only assume that the people in charge of organising these sporting events are based in air-conditioned and climate-controlled offices in Melbourne or Hobart. They have certainly never cycled AND run several kilometres in the humid summertime conditions of Brisbane and the Sunshine Coast. Let’s just hope they calculated their portable toilet hire correctly and don’t land in a big stink.
A cursory online search reveals that portable showers are available to use after triathlons in the UK and California. One can only imagine what any international competitors think of our primitive post-race conditions with the distinct lack of portable showers. Are Australian triathlons the considered the literal butt of international jokes? Are we seen as hygienically challenged by our well-showered, overseas, triathlon-competing peers?
On behalf of all the triathlon contestants throughout the Sunshine Coast and Brisbane this summer we’d like to beseech triathlon organisers to think about portable shower hire. Then, once they’ve thought about it, pick up the phone to call Dinkum Dunnies and book those portable showers for set-up and delivery ready for race day.
Portable shower hire for Brisbane and Sunshine Coast
If you’re looking at portable shower hire for your next event, camping trip or home renovation give Dinkum Dunnies a call on 07 5495 5733 or contact them online. Speak to the experts on the performance-enhancing benefits of portable shower hire in Brisbane and Sunshine Coast.