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Hey Jon. I meant just trying them on in the store, but Gina makes a great point. Many shops will rent suits and then let you buy them with your rental fee going towards the purchase of the suit. You can rent one and try it out, if you like you can buy it, if not you can rent a different kind the next time. I forgot about that, thanks for chiming in Gina!

Jon, I swim in an Xterra suit, mostly b/c they are tri club sponsors and it was cheap.  It has not held up well, though, and has lots of tears that don't seem to be caused by my fingernails.  I think when I get a new one, I will care for it better.  Our club offers a discount on them, and there is a note along with that -- "Xterra guarantees that you will be satisfied with your Xterra wetsuit; therefore, all of their suits come with a 14 day trial period. You can keep the suit for 2 weeks, and if you are not fully convinced that it is the fastest and most comfortable wetsuit that you have ever owned, you can return it for a full refund -- no questions asked."  If that's accurate, might be a good safety measure!  Also, our club has a set of loaners, so if your new club does, you might look into trying one that way if your store doesn't.

But the one to ask is really Donato, since his picture shows he actually looks good in his wetsuit, which is something I haven't achieved yet.    Maybe I'll get brave and post a photo...

Hey, guys, Gina and Jeff have joined the "dress up and take a pic" thread (very impressively, I might add) over at COJ.  Let's join them!

I am going to search for a picture as soon as the AC contractors get out of my house...

http://beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=63281&start=106&posts=137

I am definitely in (I clean up well ), but right now there's a file cabinet in front of my desktop computer, and ladders/drop cloths filling the closet where I keep photo CDs (I am having air and heat put in my house, talk about terrible timing with the surgery, and I am absolutely FREEZING now that they've turned off the gas from the old radiator).  By the time I get to my pix, I may have to post just to y'all if the COJ thread has died out!

I'm in! That's 4 out of 7.

...and as Martin used to say:  DAMN GINA!

Wow, I love love love everyone's photos!  I want to be number 6 but I can't find any recent pictures where I'm dressed up, and 80s hair just doesn't cut it after how great you all look.  I will ask my father if he has some from a recent family wedding, when he returns from his winter vacation in Florida.

In the meantime I am offering my grainy post-surgery photo, just to prove I am not a slacker (see my photo album; I won't put it here in case you have issues with that sort of thing).  You will see why I am hesitant to put on a dress and take a picture now ... this is my left leg, but they both look like this right now...

What's happening group!

Donato - Good luck this weekend with your half. It should be nice to go down to Cabo!

Gail - Nice picture of the leg. That should leave an interesting scar! Nice beach shot as well.

Gina - This isn't an answer to your clock question, but I bought one of those cheap Ironman Timex watches that has a 30-lap feature and I find it great for swimming. I just keep hitting the lap button and it counts and times everything for me.

I hope everyone had a good weekend and is training away!

Hey, Gina --

Here's a good link from USMastersSwimming on how to use the pace clock.

To swim "on the interval," you just mark where the second hand (the moving one) is. Usually we start "on the top" at 60 or "on the bottom" at 30. So, "start on the top and swim 6 x 50 on 1:00" means start the first 50 when the hand's at at 60 and then the next 50 at 60 and so on, regardless of when you arrive at the wall. The faster you swim, the more time at the wall you have. If you're at the wall more than 10 seconds, your interval's usually too long. If you have no rest, it's too short.

BTW, I also have a Timex Ironman (women's) watch, which allows me to set the interval -- without my opticals or my contacts, I can't see the clock. So I can swim, say, 100s on 1:40 and the thing counts down from 1:40 and beeps at me when rest is over.

Type in or copy this URL (BT is adding some extra characters at the end, and I can't erase them) 

http://www.usms.org/fitness/content/usingthepaceclock

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Donato:  see? I'm technologically retarded.  Seriously!  Your scenarios were right on, running while trying to locate satalite, not resetting...... I'll get it one of these days.  Thank you.

 When do you leave for Cabo?