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Witty, I wear a full wetsuit, I prefer the warmth and do not feel restricted in the arms by it!

Team, I am looking at getting a new helmet. I posted this on the forums, and it seems the most important thing is ventilation and that is matched your bike! (rolls eyes) Any ideas?  Also I am not want to spend $100+ on it, well my wife doesn;t want me to spend that much!

Helmet prices tend to really range for some reason.

You have your $20 walmarts.  Dont buy this, as you will never want to wear it.

You have your $40 entry level name brand ones.  This can be a really good buy and be perfect for your needs.

You have your $80-100 ones.  These are the same as the 40s, but offer more adjustment, maybe look cooler, and overall just designed a littler better.

Your $150+ ones get into lots of adjustment, more ergonomical, more areodynamic, and sometimes if you are lucky, it will have flames painted on! 

For me, the biggest factor has always been comfort.  I don't want to feel like I am even wearing a helmet.

Thanks you the input, I will let you know what I find.

This evening, we are going out for a 2nd OWS, this time shooting for a mile, almost the distance of my race on the 17th. I am really looking forward to it!

I am actually shopping for a wetsuit tomorrow!  I will let you know what advice I get from the shops.

Today was my frist time in the pool in almost 2 years!  Went pretty good, I watched the TI movies last night, and trying to put their "techniques" down.  Relax, balence, and float in the water.  I found I was able to do a couple of lengths without the HR raising much, feeling much more controlled.  I still can't get my breathing though, something about breathing out under water doesn't feel right, and if I don't I find I am rushing the breath.  Its hard to explain, but its what I need to work on for sure.

I also still get a little dizzy in the water.  Not sure why, maybe its the goggles.  Maybe I will try a motion sickness pill first.

TI's approach to breathing makes it more difficult to breath since I'm pretty sure they teach you to bury your head more than is comfortable.  The drills are good though.

When you exhale, you get rid of the CO2 that your body produced in exchange for O2.  If you don't exhale enough than the pH of your blood increases.  Acidic blood creates a big burden for your body.  So, it's almost more important to get a longer exhaled breath than inhaled breath.  Robb, are you breathing every stroke on one side?  Some people may get disoriented if they try to learn alternate side breathing right off the bat.  Make sure you're hydrated going into your swim, being dehydrated could lead to the dizzyness.  I can't think of too many more words of wisdom, but maybe after some sleep I'll be more effective! 

I find with the TI way, my strokes are really smooth, and I can cover a lot of distance with little effort.  I was able to do 4 lengths and with my HR hardly going up at all, the only problem was I was holding my breath way too long.

I find I can breath nice and easy if I lift my head out of the water more, but then my hips fall down and my long legs drag down, and I come almost to a stop.  It sucks because I feel like I could swim forever if I had a snorkel or something lol.

Well, wetsuit shopping didn't go as well as I had hoped.  There are only 2 places within driving that sold them, one place had only 1 kind (for $500), and the other place had another brand cheap (<300) but none close to my size, so kind of a bust.  I really just want to know what size to buy and probably go online to get it. 

On a plus side, they had Team Discovery Channel bike jerseys on sale.  $124 reg. price, on for $30!!!!  I bought 2! 

As of tomorrow, I should have my two swims in

One more OWS tomorrow morning, then I am done until Sunday. Time to taper!

i really don't know if I do the taper thing right or not, but I plan on replacing any runs with walks with the kids and work on hydrating myself starting Thursday all to get ready for Sunday!