— Transitions —

cutting legs on a wetsuit

20 May 2013
by: jknoll
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I have been having some difficulty getting my feet out of my wetsuit at T1. I have tried bodyglide and Pam, both of which have helped, but I am still having some trouble. I have abnormally high arches, so maybe that is part of the problem. I read a few things that suggested cutting the bottom two inches or so off of the legs. Has anyone done this? Can you do it with scizzors. Will it cause the neoprene to split or tear near the cut? Any thoughts?

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Fast Transitions - How the Pros Do It So Fast

12 Feb 2009
by: ironguides

If you always wonder how the pro triathletes have their T1 and T2 times way under a minute where you would take 2 or sometimes 3 minutes, here’s the answer.

Transition question

06 Sep 2008
by: jnrice
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I was reading "Ben's top 10 Transition Tips" at http://www.trifuel.com/training/triathlon-training/bens-top-ten-transiti... and I was wondering if anyone actually does number ten? If so doesn't this make your shoes all kinds of nasty? Also, at what length do you guys start wearing socks for the bike/run? I'm but a sprinter at this point and have never found the fight required to put them on worth the avoidance of a blister or two.

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Transitioning in Triathlon 101

31 Jul 2005
by: D3 Multisport

Saving time in transition can help your race in many ways. If you have a poor swim and you transition quickly, you will feel better and get your motivation rolling again. If you have a good swim and a good transition, you just keep that "I'm having a good race" flow going. Many athletes tend to get down on themselves after a poor swim, and in reality most swim distances are incorrect, so unless you know you actually swam poorly, don't get upset over it. Move through transition as quickly as you can, and start making up that lost ground.

Top 10 Tips for a Fast Transition

10 Apr 2005
by: Lynda Wallenfels

Newbie triathletes generally regard the transition area as a place to rest and regroup - a place to celebrate the completion of one leg of the race and prepare for the next. Sometimes, it feels like the gravity in transition areas is ten times normal with food, drink, sunscreen and friendly volunteers happy to chat. Out on the race course everybody is pushing forward in the same direction but in the transition area, athletes are milling around in all directions and the sense of racing can disappear.

The Quick and the Dead: Slick Transitions for Additional Speed

17 Jan 2004
by: EnduranceCoach.com

Coach Brendon writes: If you have a look through race results you can often see that the difference between final placings is the transitions. Even at the elite level there can be as much as 10 seconds between a good transition and a poor one.

Let's take a closer look at the two transitions in triathlon.

BASIC PRINCIPLES

Transitions

25 Mar 2003
by: Quintana Roo

Jamie Cleveland writes: People spend hours in the pool and log thousands of miles on the road trying to get faster but often overlook the easiest way to take time off - transitions. Shaving a minute off your T1 time in an Olympic distance race, is the equivalent of going from 1:35/100m to 1:30/100m without any extra effort! Why wouldn't you want to take advantage of that? In an Ironman race with transitions times in the double digits it's even more significant. Imagine if you could suddenly go from swimming 1:10 to 1:05.



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