Quote Originally Posted by GLC1968 View Post
Crap, really?

I'm racing at Pac Crest next weekend and the water temp probably won't even be at 55F. It'll be my first OLY and I'll likely be in the water for a long time because I am not a fast swimmer. Will I be in trouble in a sleeveless wetsuit? I know that I can handle 55F for about 45 minutes in sleeveless - longer than that or colder than that all I'll be in totally new territory.
If you know you can handle it, don't worry about it. I'd say it was on the edge of the appropriate distance for sleeveless at that temperature. It might have been a couple of degrees colder, even. It was cold enough my ears and head hurt.

You should be okay at 45 minutes if you've done that already. Stay confident!