Subject: RE: Ironclad Triathlon msailer - 2008-03-05 12:22 PM Anyone signed up for this sprint? I see it is sold out already. How cold is the water at this time of year? I have my full wetsuit. Any need for gloves or bootie, as someone suggested to me? This will be my first sprint Tri Not going to lie..last year the water was extremely cold. 54-56 degrees. I did see a few brave souls with no wetsuit and others with sleeveless. I think gloves/booties are overkill, as you'll be wearing a bathing cap anyway. One suggestion which I didn;t do last year, is jump in before you're due to start to get over the initial shock of the cold water and allow for the water that seeps into your wetsuit to warm up. I was a big time Noob last year and didn't realize that a wetsuit is designed to allow a little water to get in and I first jumped in the water when my wave went off and I hyperventilated the first half of the swim and almost waved out a couple of times. 2nd half of swim was good. It's a fun race and I know Matt (tri_sports19), Ralph (rtocco) and myself are doing it. I forget who else without looking back at the other Ironclad thread. |