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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Allyson -
Thanks. I did fairly well (won my new age group - I aged up 7 days ago) and had a lot of fun. I also helped monitor the kids 1/4 mile by swimming/walking alongside the kids. That was actually more fun than the race.
Almost didn't get there, though. Some yotz rear-ended me hard while I was stopped at a red light (he was on a cell phone) and pushed me into on-coming traffic. How the traffic didn't hit me, I'll never know. After that, the trunk wouldn't shut/latch and I had to crawl into the trunk through the back seat to chain the trunk shut so I could keep driving to get there.
It was a long day.
-LBJ
Allyson -
Thanks. I did fairly well (won my new age group - I aged up 7 days ago) and had a lot of fun. I also helped monitor the kids 1/4 mile by swimming/walking alongside the kids. That was actually more fun than the race.
Almost didn't get there, though. Some yotz rear-ended me hard while I was stopped at a red light (he was on a cell phone) and pushed me into on-coming traffic. How the traffic didn't hit me, I'll never know. After that, the trunk wouldn't shut/latch and I had to crawl into the trunk through the back seat to chain the trunk shut so I could keep driving to get there.
It was a long day.
-LBJ
