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Originally posted by jarvy01 Thanks all for the positive vibes! Still feeling good here Took my bike to the shop today to have everything checked out. They replaced my rear tire because it was so badly damaged from the trainer. I put a lot of trainer miles on that tire. LOL Kept it because I may swap it out again and use it for winter riding. Everything else looked good. Tomorrow is the last morning I have to drag myself to the pool at 4:45. I will be so happy to be done with that for a bit. I swim next Monday, but my husband is off for 2 weeks so I can go later in the day. I'll swim at MT too. No idea what the swim start is like. Shallow...dolphin dives or no. Do you know the answer to this, Kelly? I can't seem to find anything about it.

Race reports from last year indicate a run/wade type of start.

Originally posted by jarvy01

Originally posted by uhcoog

Originally posted by jarvy01 Thanks all for the positive vibes! Still feeling good here Took my bike to the shop today to have everything checked out. They replaced my rear tire because it was so badly damaged from the trainer. I put a lot of trainer miles on that tire. LOL Kept it because I may swap it out again and use it for winter riding. Everything else looked good. Tomorrow is the last morning I have to drag myself to the pool at 4:45. I will be so happy to be done with that for a bit. I swim next Monday, but my husband is off for 2 weeks so I can go later in the day. I'll swim at MT too. No idea what the swim start is like. Shallow...dolphin dives or no. Do you know the answer to this, Kelly? I can't seem to find anything about it.

 

Race reports from last year indicate a run/wade type of start.

I'm going to swim it so I'll know how long the shallow part runs.

This would probably be a good use of the practice swim.  And you could find something to sight off of for the out portion of the swim.  I imagine you can sight off the Swim Exit on the way back in.

Nope.  All things are staying intact over here for the time being. 

My favorite story around this topic is one of my good friend's story.  He was told to prep himself for the operation, but he cuts his face so much shaving he didn't trust himself down there with a razor.  He decided to try nair as an alternative.  Let's just say it didn't turn out well, and when he went in for his operation the next day they had to send him home due to the 3rd degree burns and open sores resulting from the nair.   The way he tells it though you can't help but laugh your butt off.

What did you take in nutritionally on the ride and what was your meal preceding the ride?

I finally found a place locally that does open water swim practice.  It's actually the "lake" (quarry) I do my local scuba diving training at.  It's $30 for each of their 3 hour sessions, but they have a season pass available that gives you 4 free days basically for the cost.  They do require a full sleeve wetsuit however, so now I'm on the market for one.  Given I know the conditions of the water at this quarry, and I don't have another OWS tri this year, I'm thinking of just getting a cheaper one for training, and come next year I'll buy a nicer one as it gets closer to my ows tris.  I found a relatively inexpensive one at clevertraining, but I'm not sure what to do about the size itself.  Dare2Tri Men's Full Sleeve Wetsuit

I'm 67.5" tall, and as I continue with my training I'm dropping below 145lbs (143.5 at my last weigh in), so the question is do I go for Small or Medium?

Small = 65-67", 138-163lbs

Medium = 66-70", 146-172lbs

Do I go for the small since it's the optimal weight range, and have it possibly be just right, maybe a little short on the length measurement, or do I go for the medium and have it possibly be a little big?  My big concern is that I know when my diving wetsuit is too tight and I exert myself it's not a good combo.  By definition I'll be exerting myself in this one so not sure if a lil big would not be a better option.

Thoughts?