Mad Manatee Mentors 2013: CLOSED (exc/ Pop Tart bribes) (Page 344)

Sleeves.   With a proper fit and knowing just how to set the sleeves on the arm one does not loose any mobility that a sleeveless reportable does.    I have had sleeveless wetsuits at one time but don't have any use for them in the various aquatic activities I do.

YMMV.

Race minus 6 days - wrist sore and pretty immobile dammit.  Bruising yes, a little swelling yes.  Could i swim or ride today - no.  Sunday is 6 days away.....so if it improves every day then it's possible.  If I swam and someone bashed it i would cry and maybe drown....lucky did lots of one armed drills with Johnny on Saturday - 1km worth.

I am probably going to have to bite the bullet and go the xray.  Also I think IM may grant me a wetsuit stripper coz right now i can't even get my undies down effectively!  so will need a doc report thing i'm sure.  i got two friends i know who are up there spectating so could do the wetsuit strip.

I would then have to wear a camelpak for the ride coz i can't maneouver well enough to get a drink bottle out of the cage.

I am working towards doing this race.  watch this space.  Oh i bruise easily....

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Poor Jojo. Here, {MELON PRESS} for the wrist--put it right there in the melons--very healing, compression and immobilization too :D

Undies? What are undies?

LOL...feels better in there though thanks for the use of the melon press.

The ice man cometh - welcome back

My sizing for Xterra is a small.  Bummer, we got close to a win win there.

What do you mean by how to set up the sleeves properly?  What would you say is the detractor for sleeveless?

Hahaha.  What would you say are your preferred scenarios for either?

Also, picking up a used wetsuit would be fine to do, right?

Finally in from the cold!  Welcome back.

Well in my whole ONE season of tris...

It's not so much my own experience with this as it is that I have posed this question on a couple of different boards and arrived at this answer.  If a race is wetsuit legal look at the wetsuits the pros are wearing--almost always long sleeved.  Does that mean it's right for the average AGer, maybe maybe not, but sleeves = faster in the water.  When the temps are warm, that extra suit can make you feel kind hot (especially for longer races/slower swimmers), and the sleeves add some time to getting it off.  I only had one race this year I would have really liked a sleeveless, and my full was fine, but if I get a chance to pick one up on the cheap, I probably will.

Used wetsuits are no problem.  I ordered one at the beginning of the season and it was back-ordered all summer.  The company sent me a rental to use until mine was ready.  It worked just fine. 

FWIW, I don't feel noticeable fatigue in my shoulders from the suit.  All I seem to think about with it on, is how much effing better my position is in the water, and how I should really be practicing more so it feels like that all the time

Sleeves are faster if you can find the right size and get it on ok. I *think* most have to pull the sleeves up farther than they think. The sleeve ends don't necessarily sit at your wrists, you need the range of motion for your shoulders so the they end where they end. Mine end up ~1/3-1/2 way up my forearm. There isn't really a detraction on sleeveless so much as they don't help quite as much as a good fitting sleeved suit. The extra material is a little more float and widens the paddle of the forearm, so to speak.

I've still been using my sleeveless more often because I haven't quite figured out the sleeves. Haven't been swimming in it enough, so was kind of lost on the feel at a race before. But when the water is ~58F, you cover up. The water temps have also been legal but on the warmer side for the others though, so overheating has been a concern. For me, the sleeves are a lot warmer, but not everyone has that.

Race Report

Sunday's Ride Had to modify this one due to chip sealed roads and IM Wisconsin going on.

And went to masters that night as well.

That's IT?! That's all??? Big wuss confirmation continues!!!

Thinking/writing about IMNZ still draws me into grief (though surprisingly, I've progressed pretty far on it. The report, and the grief).

Thinking about IMJ still brings on a fresh wave of nausea.

So no RRs quite yet. Soon.

85km of chip seal with a broken rib, arthritis and 2 gears ... that's all I really need to write for my IMNZ report, come to think of it ... but there were piglets and fish and bunny-loving Rottweilers, too.

CONGRATULATIONS NYNY!!!

I loved the pics. Do you seriously ride for a beer team? How did I not know this/was not common knowledge among Manatees? Or am I just DFL as usual?

I have no opinion on the DL or not, I just hope everyone heals and strengthens up well!