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.
Thanks,
Tree
this year will be my 4th bay swim... the third year in a row that i got through on the lottery. its easy enough to get your name on the list, and if another event takes priority; they will have no problem filling the spot.
Sure...but to reserve my spot in Eagleman, I would have to pay for that race well before the Bay swim entry deadline. This year I didn't enter Eagleman, gambling (incorrectly) that I would get in the Bay swim.
I'll take the sure thing from now on. Eagleman is a lot of fun anyway.
Rob, I'd love to do it but I think I'll bag the Bay swim in the future in favor of Eagleman, which is a sure thing but has an earlier entry date and fills up. The whole raffle thing really turned me off.
this year will be my 4th bay swim... the third year in a row that i got through on the lottery. its easy enough to get your name on the list, and if another event takes priority; they will have no problem filling the spot.
(no rubber on me.... but you already knew that)
two years ago the girl who one a 3km river race wore a regular pool tech suit and some swim expert said that her time could have been 2:30-3:00 minutes faster comparing to the guys times, who one in a westuit.
in a pool I swim about 6-7 secs faster per 100m. this morning I swam for the first time in a lake with my new wetsuit and we did around 2km in just over 30min. but we stopped alot to complain about the 54F water.
I ordered an Xterra wetsuit last week and will be doing an experiment for fun. Well "fun" is probably not exactly accurate.
I did two LCM 1,500's on 22:00. I wore a FS1 leg skin. Results were: 20:57 and 20:43. I will do two again next week with the week with the wetsuit and report...
The conversion factor for the Blue 70 pool suit is 2% at the moment :bliss:
So this equates to about 1.2 seconds in the 100 m for those who can swim it in 1 minute flat?
What is the conversion factor for non-floaty body suits, like the FS1?
And where did the 2 percent figure come from?
I've seen rare occurrences where it would make a 10s/100 impact.
I've also seen occurrences where some swimmers would be faster without a wet compared to swimming with one. Quite a large margin.
I've also seen occurrences where some swimmers would be faster without a wet compared to swimming with one. Quite a large margin.
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.
