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Open Water Swimming

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Nick Cook Jun 2011 9:30am, 7 Jun 2011 7,089 posts	Quote Pin Nick Cook Yes - I thought mine strangled me when I first put it on (and when I first swam in it), but it's ok now. You do need to get used to it though.
LizzieBean Jun 2011 10:53am, 7 Jun 2011 380 posts	Quote Pin LizzieBean Thanks Nick and DD. If I try it in the water will they still let me exchange it? Also length wise how long should the legs be? Mine is just slightly below halfway between my knee and ankle.
Gobi Jun 2011 11:07am, 7 Jun 2011 42,354 posts	Quote Pin Gobi Crap Weather !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If it is crap later I am not coming
Nick Cook Jun 2011 11:17am, 7 Jun 2011 7,092 posts	Quote Pin Nick Cook It's not crap in Maidenhead at the moment!
Nick Cook Jun 2011 11:21am, 7 Jun 2011 7,094 posts	Quote Pin Nick Cook LizzieB - I don't think length matters. Mine goes right down to my ankles (I've got little leggies), but I've seen lots half way down the calves.
Gobi Jun 2011 11:32am, 7 Jun 2011 42,359 posts	Quote Pin Gobi More rubber more float NoCock - can you give me an area weather report around 17.00 ? Seriously don't want to swim in the rain
Nick Cook Jun 2011 11:43am, 7 Jun 2011 7,095 posts	Quote Pin Nick Cook Yep - I'll see what it's like just before I leave.
Hills of Death (HOD) Jun 2011 1:31pm, 7 Jun 2011 24,387 posts	Quote Pin Hills of Death (HOD) Do they do OW sessions at Serpentine for people with too much time on their hands then
Yorkshire Pie Jun 2011 1:46pm, 7 Jun 2011 8,591 posts	Quote Pin Yorkshire Pie Another question about wetsuit length. I have a very fat ankle (I broke it and had it pinned years ago and it's still swollen - and probably always with be). It's no issue running or doing anything with it, it's just a bit big. Which makes it a pain in the arse to get the wetsuit off over it. I saw someone somewhere else suggesting that it was fine to cut a bit off the legs of the wetsuit and I'm wondering if that would help (as the gap at the bottom would be wider if I cut the bottom of the leg off). But I don't really want to irrevocably mutilate my wetsuit if it's going to destroy it!
Nick Cook Jun 2011 1:50pm, 7 Jun 2011 7,097 posts	Quote Pin Nick Cook I liberally apply bodyglide round my ankles before I put my wetsuit on. I don't have a large ankle, but the bodyglide makes the suit much easier to get off.