Silver Springs FL Sprint Triathlon 7/27/08 - Wetsuit?
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jhudalla posted 19 weeks ago.
Surely there will be other athletes wearing wetsuits, mostly beginners or people who are insecure in the water. However, at the sprint distance (800m swim?) the T1 time will make the adavantages of wearing a wetsuit negligible. To answer your question, I doubt the experienced athletes will be sporting a wetsuit.
Just my .02.
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UFTriGator posted 19 weeks ago.
I'm pretty experienced. I always wear a wetsuit if it's legal. Besides, we did this last week:
http://www.trifuel.com/forum/14590/wetsuit-for-sprint-tri
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diva_mom posted 19 weeks ago.
gator bait
whatever you do, don't swim like a dog and smell like sausages
Don't be so easy on yourself 'cause this one might be all that you have left
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jhudalla posted 19 weeks ago.
UFTriGator wrote:
I'm pretty experienced. I always wear a wetsuit if it's legal. Besides, we did this last week:
ooo.... foot in mouth. :(
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UFTriGator posted 19 weeks ago.
diva_mom wrote:
gator baitwhatever you do, don't swim like a dog and smell like sausages
That's not what I meant. :)
I was replying to this:
jhudalla wrote:
To answer your question, I doubt the experienced athletes will be sporting a wetsuit.
I've never seen someone who races a lot not wear a wetsuit if they were legal for the race. Occasionally someone will skip the wetsuit if they're using one race to prep for another non-wetsuit race, but that's a different situation.
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Will be doing my second sprint tri this coming weekend at Silver Springs, FL. The swim portion will start in the springs then follow the Silver River (excellent!, watch out for gators!). The water temp will be 72 F.
I'm guessing that at that temp, wetsuits are "legal" but am wondering whether it's worth it the bother or whether others are likely to be wearing them.
What would the more experienced triathletes do in this situation?