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May 2011
4:59pm, 26 May 2011
19 posts
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spacehopperhead
Had my first OW swim today, in the River Ure at Boroughbridge, followed by my dad in his boats tender, goggles fogged up straight away and I had to switch from my usual pool style swimming to something resembling front crawl, suit was fine, breathing was difficult, not restricted by the suit but.....just different, hence my switch of styles, did 800m in around 20 mins, hopefully get a few more in before the QE2 Sprint.
Wore ear plugs and they were fine, no problems, water was reasonably warm, had to do a couple of strokes of breaststroke when responding to the old man shouting "How far are you bloody going?" alright for him, in the boat with outboard motor! all in all, good, need to sort my breathing out, but distance no problem and no wobbles!!
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May 2011
8:28am, 27 May 2011
1,110 posts
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Paul Snell
test swim in pool with new wetsuit - it's very fast! But it let in quite a bit of water - not snugged up at the small of my back. Is it too big (it's well tight elsewhere), too new, not on right?
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May 2011
8:30am, 27 May 2011
860 posts
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Just Matt
I went to Boundary last night. Took ages to talk myself into getting in, and then spent ages trying to get suit filled and warm. Managed 400m, half breast stroke half crawl. Crawl was great for a few strokes until I had mild panics about being in a lake, so revert to breast stroke then back to crawl - Repeat for the hole 400m
Swim coaching in a pool tonight 
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May 2011
8:56am, 27 May 2011
688 posts
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Durham Dawdler
well done matt
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May 2011
9:25am, 27 May 2011
42,150 posts
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Gobi
PS - wet suits are supposed to let in water
Dry suits don't
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May 2011
2:34pm, 27 May 2011
1,112 posts
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Paul Snell
No it was really a lot, when I got out it it was sloshing down my legs, must have been about a bucket of water. Should I get wet, get out and squeeze it out to get it to stick to my body a bit better?
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May 2011
2:39pm, 27 May 2011
373 posts
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manda_r
You should "flush" it Paul.. however, if it is still holding that much water, you might go for a smaller size.
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May 2011
2:39pm, 27 May 2011
1,114 posts
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Paul Snell
If I go any tighter it will burst
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May 2011
2:50pm, 27 May 2011
5,030 posts
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Broccers
TFN www.tfn.co.uk have a wetsuit sale on this weekend
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May 2011
3:00pm, 27 May 2011
42,172 posts
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Gobi
Strange indeed !!!!
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