I passed this guy about 10 miles in -cycling in full wetsuit with a back pack on presumably with a change of clothes-anyone else see him or have seen a race day photo of him-or was I just hallucinating because of the cold!!
Yea, I was him also. Thought it was strange,it was cold but not that cold. Bet he warm up going up that switch back.
I didn’t see him but I heard other people talking about it.
It was cold but not that cold. He must have been sweating a ton. Plus I bet its really awkward to ride a bike in a wetsuit.
(Edit: I just noticed I said the same thing as the guy above me.)
I passed him around Tahoe City. I pulled up behind him and couldn’t figure out what I was looking at. He had the top of the suit pulled off and the arms were flapping around like wings.
I hope he got it sorted out.
I passed this guy about 10 miles in -cycling in full wetsuit with a back pack on presumably with a change of clothes-anyone else see him or have seen a race day photo of him-or was I just hallucinating because of the cold!!
I’m opening another bag of popcorn. We need pictures!!!
Maybe he though it would be quicker changing in a portopot than in the T1 tent 
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I saw him on the Broakway climb still wearing the wetsuit! He was talking to the guy next to him about maybe changing out of it soon. That means he did the whole Martis climb in it. Like this race overall that was one for the ages.
I passed him around Tahoe City. I pulled up behind him and couldn’t figure out what I was looking at. He had the top of the suit pulled off and the arms were flapping around like wings.
I hope he got it sorted out.
Longest T1 in history?
I was one of several who rode in my wetsuit in the infamously cold Boise 70.3 a couple years ago. It worked well for me, but the bike was shortened to 14 miles. I was getting warm by the end and the constriction of the wetsuit was really limiting my bike power. However my T1 was way shorter than the people I was racing, more than enough to make up for time lost on the bike. Matty reed won the race and did the same, photos here.
Would never try it for a whole ironman, but if this guy took off the wetsuit after he was warm in an hour or so and dropped it off in special needs he may have saved time over those people who where in T1 for 15-30 minutes. He probably got through T1 in 5 minutes.
I was one of several who rode in my wetsuit in the infamously cold Boise 70.3 a couple years ago. It worked well for me, but the bike was shortened to 14 miles. I was getting warm by the end and the constriction of the wetsuit was really limiting my bike power. However my T1 was way shorter than the people I was racing, more than enough to make up for time lost on the bike. Matty reed won the race and did the same, photos here.
Would never try it for a whole ironman, but if this guy took off the wetsuit after he was warm in an hour or so and dropped it off in special needs he may have saved time over those people who where in T1 for 15-30 minutes. He probably got through T1 in 5 minutes.
I saw him (maybe it was the same guy, or another wearing a wetsuit on the bike) on the second climb up Brockway. Yup, 90 miles in and still wearing a wetsuit… WTF?
A whole slew of people have worn their wetsuits on the bike, pros included. This isn’t that odd.
You know, back in the day, before triathlon got so soft and when transition was just a corner of the park covered with broken glass and surrounded by rabid squirrels, we didn’t have secure areas to leave our gear so we had to carry everything we wanted with us in the race. I remember doing a race in 1988 where I did the entire swim (in 10 foot surf and 45 degree water temperatures, mind you) with my bike strapped to my back and I had to put my running shoes under my swim cap to keep them dry. That wasn’t as bad as having to carry my floor pump in my left hand for the entire bike ride; we didn’t have neutral support vehicles back then to help us if we got a flat.
Of course wetsuits weren’t an issue back then because we didn’t need them. We just swam in whatever they told us to swim in. One time we actually had to break the ice at Wildflower with every stroke; made drafting on the swim a lot easier.
Triathlon sure is a lot different now.
-Slowtwitch Oldtimer
I saw him, too, but darned if my fogged out brain can remember when. Funny how those vignettes pop in and out of memory. Hope to sort that out once I warm up…
You know, back in the day, before triathlon got so soft and when transition was just a corner of the park covered with broken glass and surrounded by rabid squirrels, we didn’t have secure areas to leave our gear so we had to carry everything we wanted with us in the race. I remember doing a race in 1988 where I did the entire swim (in 10 foot surf and 45 degree water temperatures, mind you) with my bike strapped to my back and I had to put my running shoes under my swim cap to keep them dry. That wasn’t as bad as having to carry my floor pump in my left hand for the entire bike ride; we didn’t have neutral support vehicles back then to help us if we got a flat.
Of course wetsuits weren’t an issue back then because we didn’t need them. We just swam in whatever they told us to swim in. One time we actually had to break the ice at Wildflower with every stroke; made drafting on the swim a lot easier.
Triathlon sure is a lot different now.
-Slowtwitch Oldtimer
I was in the massage tent around 11:30pm after finishing and we were all sitting by the heater waiting for our turn, and a guy sitting in the group said he wore his wetsuit for the entire bike. He said he peeled it down when he heated up, but said it worked perfectly for him. He finished the race, so something must have worked.
I passed this guy about 10 miles in -cycling in full wetsuit with a back pack on presumably with a change of clothes-anyone else see him or have seen a race day photo of him-or was I just hallucinating because of the cold!!
I kept hearing a squeak squeak squeak and thought something was wrong with my bike.
Nope, it was the wetsuit guy passing me just before Truckee on the first loop.
He must have suffered some serious chafing.
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A whole slew of people have worn their wetsuits on the bike, pros included. This isn’t that odd.
For 112 miles it probably is.
There isn’t enough Body Glide in the world for me to wear a wetsuit on the bike. Every single hair follicle on my body would become an ingrown hair. By the time I would peel that badboy off in Special Needs, I would look like the Thing and join the Fantastic Four.
http://www.xtri.com/features/detail/284-itemId.511711551.html
Tom Brady wears a triathlon wetsuit (top) during cold football games.