I am going to focus on sprints and Olympics this summer since this is my first season out there. Your recommendations are just what I was looking for.

Ack--the wetsuit--I don't look forward to obsessing over which of these to buy! (Long sleeved, Xtra thick and buoyant, with jet propellers, please). How does one select the wetsuit?

I spent a moment in wonder today if I know what I am getting into. Yes, that horrid creeping of self-doubt. That wonder if I have what it takes to do it--four times this summer. It is also a little about that fear involved with stepping out of my comfort zone of doing the things I know I can do to instead do those things that are less rehearsed, more edgy, more challenging. My answer: all the more reason to TRI ! ! ! ! ! BOOM, BABY!