Just had to share: Last nite went to a local lake that I swim in occassionally. Smaller lake, 730 yards from one end to the other (GPS is great). As I was getting ready to go, a local Tri-guy was finishing his swim. I noticed that he was wearing a wet suit. Water temperature was about 81 degrees! I say," isn't it a little warm for a wet suit?" (I would be smothering), he says "Well, there are a couple of cold patches out there!" (probably gets down all the way to 80 degrees for 30 seconds) LOL.
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i participated in about a dozen triathlons in the early to mid 80's. neither wetsuits nor aero bars were standard tri accessories yet.
i think the issue many swimmers have with triathlons is that many events go out of there way to make the swim portions friendly to non-swimmers. yeah, i know....the safety thing, but i swim with people who train to push their physical limitations and water temperature is just one obstacle.
In Colorado they have recently begun to run a series called the Aquaman, a swim/bike biathlon. Swimming is my first sport however I've been an avid cyclist for years and have many century rides under my belt. So I was thinking of doing a half iron distance that was coming up a 1.2 mile swim and a 56 mile ride. But then I thought about a little more and I asked myself why spend the time and hassle of a transition and interrupt an early start to nice bike ride with a swim that's barely a warm-up.
i participated in about a dozen triathlons in the early to mid 80's. neither wetsuits nor aero bars were standard tri accessories yet.
i think the issue many swimmers have with triathlons is that many events go out of there way to make the swim portions friendly to non-swimmers. yeah, i know....the safety thing, but i swim with people who train to push their physical limitations and water temperature is just one obstacle.
In Colorado they have recently begun to run a series called the Aquaman, a swim/bike biathlon. Swimming is my first sport however I've been an avid cyclist for years and have many century rides under my belt. So I was thinking of doing a half iron distance that was coming up a 1.2 mile swim and a 56 mile ride. But then I thought about a little more and I asked myself why spend the time and hassle of a transition and interrupt an early start to nice bike ride with a swim that's barely a warm-up.
