Wetsuit time savings?

Triathlon Forum
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If I can swim a 6:30 400m…what would this be like with a wetsuit on given the extra buoyancy etc…I’m just wondering?
Thanks in advance.

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Search???

http://forum.slowtwitch.com/gforum.cgi?do=post_view_flat;post=2247821;page=1;sb=post_latest_reply;so=ASC;mh=25;

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assuming it fits you well i would say up to around 20-30 seconds per 400m as a rough estimate
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Roughly 10% savings so about 39 sec.

David

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like cyclonehockey says, try a search, lots of discussions about this.

FYI - for me in oly distance, its maybe ~ -2 sec/100m, the wetsuit more-or-less makes up for rougher water conditions, sighting and non-straight swimming