Eric R
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Post by Eric R on Aug 30, 2009 10:37:03 GMT -5
Can anyone advise about wearing a wetsuit for the Portage Lakes Olymic on 9/13? It's my first Olympic and I've got two issues: 1) cold; 2) buoyancy. I do not have a tri-specific suit, just one for diving (a cheap one at that). It's a little constrictive for swimming so,, unless I'm going to get a lot of warmth or help with my swimming out of it, I'm thinking of not using it. Can anyone advise, especially about the Portage Lakes water temp.
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Post by JenCollister on Aug 30, 2009 20:13:15 GMT -5
It is an interior lake, so it should be plenty warm to swim without a wetsuit.
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Post by karming on Sept 2, 2009 6:57:10 GMT -5
Eric,
How tall and heavy are you? You're welcome to use mine as my season is finished. Just don't poke any holes in it ;-)
shoot me a email.
Kar-Ming
pinoetnani@msn.com
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Eric R
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Post by Eric R on Sept 13, 2009 14:05:37 GMT -5
Kar-Ming, thanks for lending me the suit. Wetsuits rock!
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Eric R
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Post by Eric R on Sept 13, 2009 14:05:56 GMT -5
Kar-Ming, thanks for lending me the suit. Wetsuits rock!
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Post by MarkD on Sept 13, 2009 14:46:07 GMT -5
Now... if we could just do something about the bright yellow orb in the sky that hampered our ability to see when swimming east....
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Post by jen on Sept 13, 2009 15:07:55 GMT -5
What about the weeds?! I was thinking I'd come out of the water looking like swamp thing!
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Eric R
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Post by Eric R on Sept 13, 2009 15:15:27 GMT -5
Those weeds were horrible! I had visions of drowing... Kar-Ming really saved by butt, because I have a feeling that swim would have been misery but for the suit.
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Post by birddog1 on Sept 13, 2009 15:54:24 GMT -5
Had problems sighting with sun and was fighting weeds also.:-(
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Post by MarkD on Sept 13, 2009 18:08:40 GMT -5
Weeds.... not just for breakfast anymore !  |
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Post by Kim Zepp on Sept 13, 2009 18:28:16 GMT -5
I felt like the weeds were alive and trying to wrap themselves around my arms and legs. Ugh!
The deep water was so much nicer!
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Post by Tiffany on Sept 13, 2009 19:45:38 GMT -5
Ditto Kim!! Being forewarned helped a bit, but it was a little unsettling! Thanks for the shout out! Good job today! Hope it was what you wanted  |
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jamesi
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Post by jamesi on Sept 13, 2009 20:06:11 GMT -5
the weeds sucked, so did the sun...the only thing missing was a bull shark grabbing me by the ankle! Nice lake though.
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Post by Steve Wilson on Sept 14, 2009 9:30:51 GMT -5
Last year, a friend and I discovered there is a trick to navigating while swimming east into the sun, using the "notch" in the group of trees on shore as a reference point to the far buoy. This year, HFP lined the buoy up with the notch just like last year. It sounds weird, but I found it is much easier to look up and see the notch than to pick up the buoy in the glare. Something to keep in mind for next year. I have no answer for the weeds.
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Post by kkovach on Sept 14, 2009 10:01:27 GMT -5
People say you must "face your fear" in order to get rid of it... haha well i am totally not scared of seaweed anymore, thanks Portage Lake. The weeds were SO much worse than last year, ugh.
Any other tips for slighting in the sun?? I think I took about 5 years of my sense of sight yesterday... thanks!
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Post by erinj on Sept 14, 2009 21:04:38 GMT -5
wow...never hit weeds there before...kind of freaked me out...
i am a pretty decent swimmer, but even i got a little discombobulated...i was worried for the peeps that were nervous about the swim to start with...fortunately around the first buoy and they were gone...yikes...
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