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I can't honestly say I have NEVER peed in my wetsuit.

I've also only peed on my bike when it fell over when I was trying to hold it up and pee at the same time! 

I need to go home and do it so I can explain it better but I'll try here.

When you get out of the water start stripping then, by transition it should be at your waist.  When you get to your spot, pull down as far as you can, then step near one foot with the other, stepping on your wetsuit, then pull your foot up and out.  It seems like stepping on your suit would cause it to rip or tear but I haven't had any problems with this method yet, other than sometimes when I jerk my leg up and out I have had my calf tighten up a bit.

But doing this my foot just pops out of the suit, rinse and repeat for the other foot.

Does that make sense?

And John I see your point as well.  I've done olympics where it's been right on the line and I still wore my suit and I didn't feel like I was over heating but it was warm, but at IM distance I could see where that could be a real issue.

I also agree if you can't swim the distance sans wetsuit you shouldn't do it.  Now I am pretty confident that I can swim whatever distance with/without a wetsuit but I probably wouldn't do an IM that had a chance of not being wetsuit legal, just cause it's so much slower for me without. 

Despite some race results to the contrary, I've always considered myself a swimmer.  I don't really like OWS, but it doesn't bug me.  CdA really brought it home....panic can hit anyone.  Got to admit, my swim there has been on my mind for 10 months.  I would never swim with just one other person OWS, yet I REALLY need to get some OW practice in. 

AFTER Big Sur.......

I need to go home and do it so I can explain it better but I'll try here.

When you get out of the water start stripping then, by transition it should be at your waist.  When you get to your spot, pull down as far as you can, then step near one foot with the other, stepping on your wetsuit, then pull your foot up and out.  It seems like stepping on your suit would cause it to rip or tear but I haven't had any problems with this method yet, other than sometimes when I jerk my leg up and out I have had my calf tighten up a bit.

But doing this my foot just pops out of the suit, rinse and repeat for the other foot.

Does that make sense?

And John I see your point as well.  I've done olympics where it's been right on the line and I still wore my suit and I didn't feel like I was over heating but it was warm, but at IM distance I could see where that could be a real issue.

I also agree if you can't swim the distance sans wetsuit you shouldn't do it.  Now I am pretty confident that I can swim whatever distance with/without a wetsuit but I probably wouldn't do an IM that had a chance of not being wetsuit legal, just cause it's so much slower for me without. 

i saw you terp'd that post and was gonna rely.  but i got distracted by something.  came back a few minutes later and you fixed it.  so i went back on the three tabs open in FF.  i found where i was replying to you but since you already edited it i couldn't post.  luckily there's the snippet tool!   so.....  GOTCHA!!!!!!   YOU"R PET PEEVE!!!!!  HA!!!!! 

lol.

haha yeah that one got me, I miscounted how many close quote tags there were.

ROFL on Terp'd it.

It's a balance....what is gained vs what is lost.  My T1 time last weekend was 6:01  - most of that time was getting my wetsuit off.  I was not 6 minutes faster on the swim due to the wetsuit.  I obviously need to spend some of my swim training time practicing wetsuit removal. 

It really scares me if someone can only make the swim with the wetsuit on.....IMO that is too risky. 

Is it just me or is anyone else confused?  west coaster's miss all the fun.  ignorance is sometimes bliss.

tony always said that not closing quotes is a pet peeve of his.....  like i'm doing in this reply ;-)  see the long line on the left side that extends into my post....   i happened to be looking at the post of his above, noticed he did it and tried to reply but he edited it before i could.  but i still got the screen shot by hitting the back button in my browser and seeing it.  

linda (terps),  NEVER closes her quotes.  so, tony terp'd it.   ha!

Ha!  That is awesome.  I love adding new verbs to my vocabulary.

Big Sur Marathon in 4 days....and 12 minutes, but who's counting?!?

Enjoying the taper, for the most part, and getting to lots of little chores I've been avoiding by training!  We're heading up to Big Sur on Friday, without the kids, so I'm really looking forward to the mini-vacation part of it all, too.

Weather looks to be PERFECT.  High of 62, low of 51, Sunny, winds of only 8mph.   Really hoping weather.com has it right this time!!!

funny how a number can make your stomach feel a little weird. 

ironman texas bib number 1235.     

funny how a number can make your stomach feel a little weird. 

ironman texas bib number 1235.     

funny how a number can make your stomach feel a little weird. 

ironman texas bib number 1235.     

Must've been some good coffee this moring... everyone is a bit chatty!!

Let's see... no racing. I pee in my wetsuit regularly (when scuba diving, too!). Always get in the water pre-race and do a bit of warm-up. Takes my arms about 500 yards to feel normal. If I'm in a later wave I try to time the w/u so I can just wait in the lake and not get out. Have raced w/o wetsuit when temps are warm and swim is short. Makes for a fast and fun T1, and you also feel like a bad-@## pre-race, which is always nice.

LINDA: Think 4-year-old taking off her tights when you remove wetsuit. Stomp on each leg to pull your feet out. Practice. It gets easier. EVERY TIME you finish an OWS, strip the wetsuit as fast as you can. Every time.

And if anyone is wondering, you CAN get from Seattle to NYC without any ID. My husband did it this morning. Left on a biz trip and left his wallet on his desk. Oooops. Off to Fed-Ex said items to him so he can come home again.

GOOD LUCK RACERS!!!!!!!!!!!!! Swim like a shark, ride like you stole it, and run like the wind!!!

It's drawing near!!  No, not the ROYAL WEDDING .....but another weekend of racing!  I know of at least one gent in this group doing a killer half, but what about the rest of you?

If you're not racing, let's talk about OWS....what do you do to prepare yourself for the plunge? rituals each time that help you keep calm? or swim like the devil (e.g.our 1 hr IM swimmers--Linda/Kyla!)

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

AWESOME!!!!!

funny how a number can make your stomach feel a little weird. 

ironman texas bib number 1235.     

funny how a number can make your stomach feel a little weird. 

ironman texas bib number 1235.     

1235 is your lucky number!

.....I don't have a wetsuit, but I do have some body glide ;-)

funny how a number can make your stomach feel a little weird. 

ironman texas bib number 1235.