Welcome back!
Me in the rain in a wetsuit :)
Well I took my new 2XU V:1 wetsuit to the pool yesterday for a quick run through. What a difference a wetsuit makes! I felt like I was skipping accross the water. The extra buoyancy that the suit provides makes it so much easier to glide in between stroke pulls. In the pool its nearly as advantageous as it will be when I hit an open water swim. Doing flip turns in a wetsuit is quite interesting because of the buoyancy. I did a race pace 500 in the suit and I have no doubt a was significantly faster than without it.
Now I trying to focus on not training to hard as I taper for the race. Its difficult to say the least as I still have the motivation for epic workouts. At this point its more of a mental game than a physical one. I need to keep focused despite working less.
I have all my reservations set up for San Francisco and all my gear here. The only thing left to do is get the bike tuned and aero bars swapped. Despite that its a “hurry up and wait” game.
November 4th, 2008 at 3:05 pm
Hi Ken. jim the Aussie here-remember me? Love the website. Told Chris if I work at it I may one day look like you!!! When we come back over you’ll have to get me a lot fitter??? Anyway all the best. Jim