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Basic Triathlon questions from those who don't know

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GlennR Jun 2016 6:50pm, 22 Jun 2016 20,067 posts	Quote Pin GlennR Steady on Gobi.
Hills of Death (HOD) Jun 2016 3:38pm, 23 Jun 2016 32,344 posts	Quote Pin Hills of Death (HOD) No time Gobi
Nicholls595 Jun 2016 7:18am, 27 Jun 2016 5,088 posts	Quote Pin Nicholls595 Spoke fixed. LBS £8.50. While I waited (in near by micro pub)
LazyDaisy Jun 2016 7:53am, 27 Jun 2016 14,705 posts	Quote Pin LazyDaisy Transition in yesterday's aquathlon was hours (well, over 2 minutes) almost all due to my socks refusing to get on my wet feet. I'd rolled the socks down and filled them with talc and that's sort of worked in the past. I fear blisters if I run with wet feet in sockless trainers - any advice on how to prevent them?
GlennR Jun 2016 9:53am, 27 Jun 2016 20,128 posts	Quote Pin GlennR The hard lads will tell you Vaseline LD. I'm sticking with socks.
GordonG Jun 2016 11:39am, 27 Jun 2016 6,882 posts	Quote Pin GordonG mono or twin skinned socks, LD? I've found that I can't get twin skinned ones on but am ok with single skinned.
GlennR Jun 2016 11:42am, 27 Jun 2016 20,136 posts	Quote Pin GlennR Have to be mono, have to be very short.
GordonG Jun 2016 12:37pm, 27 Jun 2016 6,883 posts	Quote Pin GordonG why can't tall people wear mono socks???
Nicholls595 Jun 2016 12:40pm, 27 Jun 2016 5,100 posts	Quote Pin Nicholls595 is a "mono sock" just one sock for both feet? http://www.fetcheveryone.com/images/public_thumbs/83047.jpg
LazyDaisy Jun 2016 1:15pm, 27 Jun 2016 14,710 posts	Quote Pin LazyDaisy Ahhh, it's all coming back to me now - when I did a series of pool aquathlons in winter 2015 I realised that monos were much easier than twins...being old, I forgot all about that :-(. That's the answer then. Monos.