WB area OWS?? (Page 2)

I'm out for this weekend as I have a ride to do.  As for your friend who gets the joy of swimming in a freezing upwelling zone.  What kind of wetsuit tips is she looking for?  Putting on the suit?  Taking it off on the run?  Swimming? 

I think she just had some general questions... probably relating to coming into T1 and transitions as a whole.  I'm not sure what to tell you, she just wanted to bounce some questions off someone.  I've tried to get her to sign up on BT but she doesn't seem interested.  If nothing else, she and I will go up on Saturday and I'll help her the best I can while I get a taste of the course myself.

Assuming she knows how to properly don a wetsuit without harming the suit itself...once she exits the water and can focus both on getting to T1 and on getting half out of her wetsuit...she should reach behind her and grab the zipper cord and pull straight down, fully unzipping her wetsuit.  (all while jogging to T1) She should then slip one shoulder out of the suit and then pull that arm completely out of the suit, leaving the suit arm inside-out.  Then she should do the next arm the same way and peel the suit down to her waist.  At this point she should finish concentrating on getting to her bike rack.  Once there, from the hip, start to peel the suit down to her feet, once the knee is exposed, she can lift one leg up and continue peeling that leg out so that the suit leg is also inside-out.  Then do the same for the next leg.  If you do it correctly, the suit will not get hung up on her knees, ankles, or heels.  She should NOT try to stretch the openings to pull her feet out...she could tear the rubber or a seam.  At that point neatly put it in a pile so that nobody steps on it, get on shoes, helmet, glasses, whatever, and book it!!!

She needs to try this before her race...taking off a wetsuit is waaaay easier than putting it on, but she needs to try it so she knows the procedure and knows how to do it without hurting the suit. 

In case she doesn't know, she really needs to make sure that when she is putting on the wetsuit, she knows NEVER to pull from the rubber side.  Always pull from the inside of the suit.  Also, there are undoubtedly videos on YouTube and I'm sure there are some videos here too. 

Meh did a good job of showing us the course on Saturday.  I think at least a couple of us are up for doing it again this Saturday.  Takers?

my feets are all cut up from those rocks!!!!  i'm definitely up for a swim again, too bad we won't have endorphin there on kayak duty again...not sure how much i'll hang out for afterwards...

My feet too.  The bottom of one and the top of my big toe on the other... not sure how that happened. 

i will forgo my normal saturday ride and swim with you and then ride the oly course.  i'll hopefully ride the half course next weekend. 

Sounds good.  Me and my friend Angie will be there again.  Meh said she'd be there.  Anyone else?  8 AM in the grass parking area just shy of the bridge. 



Edited by olliedawg 2009-08-26 2:32 PM

just parking at the museum and walking over i suppose?

the parking at jamestown beach opens at 8 am.

Depending on what time anybody wants to OWS...I might try to get my normal biking mileage in before the swim and forgo the after swim bike.  If I pushed it I could get home, swap clothes, and get to the Jamestown beach area by 10am.  Thoughts?

i was definitely thinking about going to swim this saturday...will do the 1.2 with you!  10 will be fine, it's a little chilly at 8 these days...

you are telling me.  i still swim at 6am in an outdoor pool.  this morning was...hmmmm...refreshing. 

Burrr! Outdoor swim at 6?? Crazyyella  for sure. I'm not going to be able to meet you guys on Sat, have to work I'm gonna try for a swim on Sun though.

Edited by sk2a2005 2009-09-02 7:43 PM

it got nice again today!  heading to the beach after work - 30 min swim/47 min bike brick on the schedule - need to test out the top i want to wear on sunday

anyone in?

Thanks for the offer.  I can't make it today plus I already swam 2 miles this morning.  I'm taking the day off Friday and will probably swing by and swim some then.