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    Good! I really didn't want to buy a suit with full sleeves.

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    Water temp at Folsom Lake is down to 63. Swim start is at 6:30. 6:30 this morning it was only 45 degrees out.

    There is still time for me to get a full sleeved wetsuit. I think...


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    What's your tolerance for cold?

    I find that I'm fine in a sleeveless down to my "I don't want to be in this water anyway, because it's giving me a headache when I put my face in" cutoff...which I discovered this spring is <54 degrees.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Veronica View Post
    Water temp at Folsom Lake is down to 63. Swim start is at 6:30. 6:30 this morning it was only 45 degrees out.

    There is still time for me to get a full sleeved wetsuit. I think...


    Veronica
    Then the water will feel like a hot tub compared to the air temp.

    I would worry more about wearing a wool coat on the bike coming out of that cool water into the cold air temps and getting on the bike.
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    I swam in 60F with a full sleeved wetsuit last weekend. I'm a cold water wuss but I was fine. I think a sleeveless would have been ok at 66F

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    1.2 miles.

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