Triathlon - 55 degrees

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waitasec
06-13-08, 12:52 PM
How Shocking is 55 degree water with a wetsuit and cap???


Rahzel
06-13-08, 01:36 PM
Somewhat shocking. The first few minutes are a bit tough, but if you've got your wetsuit and swim cap (preferably two caps) you'll be fine once you get going.

dogpound
06-13-08, 02:05 PM
give yourself a lot of time to warm up, in the water if you can.


cslone
06-14-08, 03:39 PM
Quite shocking IMO.

waitasec
06-16-08, 08:17 AM
I did it and it was very shocking, the air temp was 40 and the water temp was 55. I swam in high school ( 22 years ago) so i did not expect the panicky feeling. Hopefully that will get better as i do more of these.