Any triathletes?

[Dizle]

I'm doing my first triathlon in June at Redondo beach. Any one done one before? I'm wondering what kind/ thickness wet suits most people wear. I'm guessing a thin 3 mil, or do they have suits made for triathlons? Any other info or web sites for tri's would be helpful to.

[lukewiens]

http://www.trinewbies.com/

[Pain Freak]

Zoots are good, but expensive. I personally do better without them as they keep me high in the water and throw my balance off. But if the waters to cold then you've got to have it. Less is more in this case though. If you're not going to be doing them on a regular basis, I'd consider just trying to make it through the swim without one.

What distance are you doing? I personally like the International or the Olympic distance. If this is your first though, you may just want to start with a sprint distance. If I could of improved my swimming time I would of stuck with it, but I think I have to much lead in my arse and I just sink to much.

Good luck, which one are you doing?

[Zippy]

c'mon Luke, you can do better than just throw a link at someone...

Yes, they do make triathlon specific wetsuits. For your first tri, I'd recommend renting a full suit: they're warmer and they put you in a better swimmming position (more horizontal = less drag = faster time). Like Pain Freak said, you may not need one if it's short enough. I "trunk it" in the summer when doing ocean workouts (I love people's looks when I jog down the beach in my Speedo, hilarious!).

If it's farther than you are comfortable swimming withought the added floatation a wetsuit provides, then get one. Make sure you practice swimming in it and practice taking it off. Going through your transitions a few times before the race will save you time as well.

PM me if you have any more questions. I'm warning you now, you may get hooked and it's more expensive than MTB'ing!

Above all, have fun!

[lukewiens]

Originally Posted by Zippy

c'mon Luke, you can do better than just throw a link at someone...

cant you see under my name...reformed triathlete, so now all i am good for is a link....lol!!

i like pain freaks idea of goin it without one. i rented for a while and finally forked over after a while.

i used to be deathly afraid of swimming open water without a wetsuit but it really isn't that bad. to tell you the truth i've had some of my best swim splits without a wetsuit. something about the whole swimming for survival instinct plays a part or something.

last year at the pacific coast tri i went no rubber and the water temp was 56....whoa!! just do a bunch of sprints up and down the beach before the start like my dumbarse....

i will leave you with this though....one word.

xterra.

[schleppp]

Originally Posted by Dizle

I'm doing my first triathlon in June at Redondo beach. Any one done one before? I'm wondering what kind/ thickness wet suits most people wear. I'm guessing a thin 3 mil, or do they have suits made for triathlons? Any other info or web sites for tri's would be helpful to.

How tall/big are you? I have a few that I am not using. If you want to borrow one no problem.

[92se-r]

im doing my first one at the xterra championship in may. 1.5k,30k,10k

[Dizle]

I can deal with the cold (56 degrees) water for the most part and dont have a problem swimming in the open water, I just thought a suit would make me a little faster by keeping me more buoyant.

Swimming is a lot harder than I thought it would be, did our first real ocean swim yesterday and it went pretty good just cold getting in but I got use to it real quick.

Its a sprint distance, 1/2 mile swim, 2 mile run and 8 bike. Doesnt seem like much to me I just gotta get my swim down more and I'll be ready to kick ass. Its the Redondo Beach Triathlon.

And is the order swim run bike?

Originally Posted by schleppp

How tall/big are you? I have a few that I am not using. If you want to borrow one no problem.

I'm 5'10 and about 160lbs. It would be nice to try one out to see the difference, the only wet suits I've used are thick ones for diving and that seems like it would be to restricting to swim that far in.

[92se-r]

Swim,bike,run