Hi,
I am thinking of investing in a wetsuit. Any wisdom out there? What style is the best...long, short, sleeves, no sleeves. Where is the best place to find one? Does wearing a wetsuit significantly improve your time?
Last year I did the 1 mile swim in the Chesapeake Bay. Most people had wetsuits. The water temperature was 72 degrees, and I was not cold at all even though I did not have a wetsuit.
Any thoughts?
Swimmy :)
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Originally posted by LindsayNB I enjoy the feeling of swimming with fins, but I don't expect to be able to wear them in races.
But if everyone in the race wore them, to be competitive, you'd probably wear them too....actually, I think that'd spice up a meet...add a fin/kicking race...our sport could use some novelty...is that why open water swimming is growing in popularity?? (It seems to me to be growing anyway) It's a variation on a theme...not the same old strokes up and down a pool....add wind, waves, temperature variation, opaque water, WETSUITS(!), drafting etc to keep it interesting..
Anyway, it's fun to see how polarizing the wetsuit issue is...the "evil wetsuit" camp seems to be championed by a purist-chic that I don't get...vive la difference
Originally posted by LindsayNB I enjoy the feeling of swimming with fins, but I don't expect to be able to wear them in races.
But if everyone in the race wore them, to be competitive, you'd probably wear them too....actually, I think that'd spice up a meet...add a fin/kicking race...our sport could use some novelty...is that why open water swimming is growing in popularity?? (It seems to me to be growing anyway) It's a variation on a theme...not the same old strokes up and down a pool....add wind, waves, temperature variation, opaque water, WETSUITS(!), drafting etc to keep it interesting..
Anyway, it's fun to see how polarizing the wetsuit issue is...the "evil wetsuit" camp seems to be championed by a purist-chic that I don't get...vive la difference
