Does anyone know of a 'reasonable' conversion factor for open water swims wearing versus not wearing a wetsuit? I know...lots of variables including individual capabilities.
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Do explain. I cannot imagine this is true. Wait, a person missing both arms might be faster in a speedo than a full sleeve wetsuit. I don't think that is what you meant.
Alex Leduc, winner of 1996's edition of International Traversee Lac St-Jean once did the first leg of a tri, wearing a wet suit.
Alex's best 1500 in the pool at the time was near 15:15 (in this neighborhood). He reported being disrupted by the limited range of motion that a wet imposes compared to swimming without. He hated swimming with a wet because of this.
There's at least a study that confirmed this fact, although I could not find it to include a reference to it to this post.
So basically what I meant was that if you're an ultra fast swimmer, used to very large volumes of training (to win an FINA World Cup Event, gotta train at least 60-80k per week), that has a sophisticated high elbow (recovery / pull through) stroke, with a very efficient and economic two-beat kick may endup being slower performing with a wet full sleeve wetsuit.
Do explain. I cannot imagine this is true. Wait, a person missing both arms might be faster in a speedo than a full sleeve wetsuit. I don't think that is what you meant.
Alex Leduc, winner of 1996's edition of International Traversee Lac St-Jean once did the first leg of a tri, wearing a wet suit.
Alex's best 1500 in the pool at the time was near 15:15 (in this neighborhood). He reported being disrupted by the limited range of motion that a wet imposes compared to swimming without. He hated swimming with a wet because of this.
There's at least a study that confirmed this fact, although I could not find it to include a reference to it to this post.
So basically what I meant was that if you're an ultra fast swimmer, used to very large volumes of training (to win an FINA World Cup Event, gotta train at least 60-80k per week), that has a sophisticated high elbow (recovery / pull through) stroke, with a very efficient and economic two-beat kick may endup being slower performing with a wet full sleeve wetsuit.
