IMKY bib numbers are up! (Page 2)

There is no real significance....it's mostly in our heads.  They usually don't post bib numbers until just before the race so it is an indication that the race will be really soon.  Generally by the time bib numbers are up you are in taper and training is all but over.  It's also fun to find your number as it seems to give a little more realism to the fact that you are actually gonnd do an ironman.

~Mike

Ten9T6 - 2008-07-20 11:04 PM

truebrits - 2008-07-20 1:59 PM For those of us who are aquatically challenged, xterra is offering $100 off their skinsuit for Louiville participants. Saw it on ST. Enter code IML100. I just used it today, as I need every advantage I can get

Thanks... I just used it. I have been trying to decide on one.. -100.00 helped. Kenny

ST?  

won't this be hot?  coming into T1 isn't the way I want to start the day.  If it's got wetsuit material....I just think...hot hot hot.

anyone here use this in >78 deg water for 2.4 miles or more that can report from experience on the temp inside this thing?

Mike, you scared me so much that I had to go to the pool yesterday and bust a 4100m swim to make sure I was capable of going the full distance.  Finished 2.4mi in 1:20.

Thanks.

Glad I could help!  Good job on the swim!

~Mike

I know this has been discussed before some, but what do you guys and gals feel is the biggest advantage of the speedsuit?  Does it really provide that much additional bouyancy and speed vs. swimming just in a swimsuit.  I'm a MOP swimmer and am trying to justify if the cost is worth it.  Thoughts?

 Thanks,

Matt

I'm not looking at it for the buoyancy element so much as the ability to make it easier to move through the water.  I look at the IM as a lesson in maximizing efficiency.  With the $100 off, I'm planning to pick one up for the race.  Might as well give myself every possible opportunity to hit a PR.

As with any of the other tri-specific speed toys (bikes, helmets, wheels, etc), the cost-justification is a personal choice.

Ok, so I'm a little confused now.  I thought wetsuit illegal races were because of the temperature of the water being too hot....not because it added any buoyancy.

what does a wetsuit illegal race have to do with a "suit" providing any buoyancy?  is it because there is some correlation I'm not aware of between buoyancy and heat retention that USAT, WTC or IMNA utilize in their infinite wisdom in determing what temperature buoyancy should be "illegal"?

or am I just tired and overtrained that I'm missing something fairly obvious here.

That's probably the first time anyone's ever accused this group of that. 

Usually it goes the other way.