Pulled up. Thought better have a look before getting the stuff out of the car. Totally packed, not a wetsuite to be seen.
So I went and got my stuff out of the car, signed in, asked the temp… 24.6C
Me: “oh, not really wetsuit then?”
Reply “up to you”
Me: “what was the temperature again”
Reply: “24.6C”
Me: “Guess I better go non-wetsuite then”
Reply: “I think that is a good choice”
ME: “Well I dont want to be like a boiling Lobster”
Anyway, 1100m three laps I did stop after each lap to try and retain form even though it is shit (form is a lose term in my case)
2:41 pace per 100m (embrassing but at least I did it)
Oh, and after 4 people started swimming with wetsuites.. glad I didnt.
Swim England is non wetsuit at 18c.
Only time i did a tri too hot was at Midnightman. They said it was 23.5c but i dont believe them, it was awful, cramped after 2 laps of 4!
Down the local lake ( only 5 minutes from me which is nice)
Twice this week and twice next week in what I’m laughably calling preparation for Steelman. Been over a year since I swam so it’s not pretty. 3 laps yesterday which is around 1200m.
Absolutely sublime today. The best swimming conditions I’ve ever experienced in the UK. No need for the wetsuit and did 2km. Noting how poor my swimming is at the moment. I was only a couple seconds /100m slower without it. Just a perfect morning.
Similar experience for me this morning, but no pictures.
Wore that Zone3 knee-skin which was great in bridging the gap between flapping about without any buoyancy & slow cooking in a wetsuit… thoroughly recommended.
Managed to get out before things got too busy with knobbers on SUPs.
Another 45mins outdoors this morning. Quite busy, and quite slow. Having never really had any issues before, on all my (3, ha) outdoor swims this year I’ve had bad rubbing on my neck. I know exactly which bit of the wetsuit is causing it and why, but don’t seem to be able to do anything about it - the thick bit where the velcro fastens is just sitting in a crease in my neck, basically (I have a skinny neck so the suit isn’t as tight to the skin at the back as it ideally should be).
Half a stick of bodyglide definitely helped today, but still feel it now. Would a strip of kinesio tape work along the back of my neck work as an alternative maybe? Sore to rip off in T1 though, although it might also help avoid getting my neck sunburnt on the bike
Guy missing in the sea off Flamborough Head. Was really rough last week. Experienced swimmer, went in from the beach and just disappeared. Still not found nearly a week later.
Had his family on the beach with him
Yeah no idea. A friend of mine who flys a drone professionally happened to be there at the time and there was no sight of him. They searched the immediate area for 2 days.
Hope for the families sake he turns up at some point but I don’t see any way it’s anything other than a recovery mission.
all the way around the lap… like a temperature Zebra if that makes any sense.
