Hi everyone,
I’m planning on doing the XTERRA in Temecula, CA on June 1. It’s 1K/26K/10K. It’s my first XTERRA and I have a few questions. Actually I have a multitude, I’m only burdening readers with a few. So hopefully some of you have XTERRA or offroad tri exp. and can help.
Q#1) Pedals w/cages or clips? (Actually I’m asking this in regards to a 5K/20K/5K duathlon held at the same location prior to the actual event so I can get a sneak peak at the terrain)
Q#2) The question time immemorial, wetsuit or not? It gets pretty hella hot in Temecula in June but ya know, THE FLOTATION FACTOR. And I don’t want to rekindle the whole fairness debate. I just want to know if the risk of overheating combined with the add’l transition time resulting from wearing a full body swim buoy is outweighed by time/effort reduction on a 1K swim. Oh yeah, it’s a lake swim and I have no idea what the water temp will be.
Q#3) Related to the wetsuit Q above which would make Q#2 moot (or mute if you’re Joey from “Friends”). Are there wetsuit restrictions in the XTERRA races? I looked high and low for XTERRA race rules but found only the regulations governing qualifying for the Championship (highly unlikely in my case).
Thanks in advance,
John