first wetsuit swim

[Bron]

yup. Along with 200 odd other triathletes, all trying to get into theirs. If you´re lucky maybe some appropriate music will be played.

[Tri Girl]

Ahhh... the wetsuit wiggle dance in transition. I can't wait for tri season to start!
At most races I've been to, you get body marked as you're taking your bike into transition. Then, while waiting around for the race to start, you do the wetsuit wiggle in transition with everyone else. I actually love that part. Not the sqeezing my sausage butt into a rubber glove, but just the camaraderie of everyone struggling through it with you and all those pre-race jitters.

Hopefully you can find a suit that fits you soon.

[silver]

OK, so I rented my suit from wetsuitrental.com. They have been great! The first, the Orca had a hole in it, so they sent me the other, the 2xu, which was "constricting.

I ended up wearing the Orca with the hole, never noticed it. Felt great in the swim. So I asked to buy the Orca and they sold it to me. now I need to look into getting the hole repaired.

Yeah, everybody was doing the wetsuit wiggle! (Actually the water temp was only 74 and i was surprised at how many people didn't wear wetsuits)

wetsuit rentals is a great company!!!

[kelownagirl]

Whoo hoo! I bought a wetsuit. This one fit well and was not hard to get into Can't wait to give it a quick try in the pool tomorrow. (And I'll rinse it well I promise!!!)

[silver]

What did you get?

[kelownagirl]

A 2005 Orca Speedsuit.

[jesvetmed]

KG: How did it go?! I have mine hanging in the closet, unused. Need to get out there and try it. I was worried bout the pool b/c they told me to NOT put it in a chlorine pool. Can't wait to hear what you thought!

[kelownagirl]

Sigh, I didn't make it to the pool today. I had a lousy sleep last night and my legs are still aching from my ride TWO days ago. We had to bottle beer at noon and then race to Penticton to test ride bikes so it was just going to cutting things too close to hit the pool as well. And now I can't try it out during my two weekday swims if I have to ride my bike there this week. Might have to wait until next weekend. Maybe I should wear in the bathtub? But hey, my hot tub's not working right now and it's not heating - not above 75 degrees. I've let the chemical wear off to. I wonder if I could get a feel for the wetsuit floating in the hot tub (it's 7X7).

Is there anyone out there who thinks I should absolutely NOT put my wetsuit in the pool, even once, if I wash/rinse it really well after? Just 200-400m? The lake will be too darn cold until the end of June at the earliest.

[teawoman]

Try to make sure to pick it up ahead of the triathlon so that you can try it on in the water and try a swim in it. I hope you'll get a chance to practice OWS between now and then.

How long will the swim be? How cold will the water be?

The swim is 1000m. I don't know how cold, but I talked to some ppl who had done this particular tri, and it's def. a wetsuit swim. Apparently the water is also kind of ooky. I called one of the tri shops that rents wetsuits and they have lots avail. I need to go in there and try them on, tho, because not a clue what size I am exc. that I am largish. Fortunately I have access to a saltwater pool, but I don't think they allow ow practice in the actual lake until a couple of days before the tri.

I'll see how I like it. Right now not having access to a wetsuit is limiting the number of tris I can do in a summer, but we still have some tris with pool swims.

I would like to lose a bit of weight before I buy one. I need to lose about 30 lbs more. Presumably that would make a diff in how the suit fits. Otoh, I've been stuck at the same weight after losing 25 for almost 2 years. Oh wait...I think I'll call that maintenance...

I'm in Canada, so I'm hoping for a kinder, gentler, more polite ow swim.

Maybe I should wear in the bathtub?

[kelownagirl]

I'm in Canada, so I'm hoping for a kinder, gentler, more polite ow swim.

Where? and what Tri are you doing?

[Wahine]

I'm in Canada, so I'm hoping for a kinder, gentler, more polite ow swim.

My swim at IM Canada last year was the most brutal I have ever experienced in 13 years of triathlon. But I'm sure it was all the foreigners kicking and swimming over top of me.

[teawoman]

My swim at IM Canada last year was the most brutal I have ever experienced in 13 years of triathlon. But I'm sure it was all the foreigners kicking and swimming over top of me.

No doubt! There goes that small sanity-preserving delusion!

Kelownagirl: I'm on the prairies. Don't hold that against me.

[kelownagirl]

No doubt! There goes that small sanity-preserving delusion!

Kelownagirl: I'm on the prairies. Don't hold that against me.

I did my time on the prairies. 4 years in Canora SK. Where are you?

[kelownagirl]

I got to try my wet suit in the pool today - whoo hoo, I love it! I can just lie there and float if I get tired. I usually swim 50m in 1:10, today I swam it in :50 and :55. If I can knock even :20 off every 100m, that'll mean doing the tri swim 2:30 faster than I do right now.