* If the water is within wetsuit legal temperature and you are competing for a place in the race, use a wetsuit.
Wetsuits are great equalizers, it makes the ok swimmers just as buoyant as some of the great swimmers.
In the first race of the season, I was clobbered in the swim by those people wearing wetsuits. The buoyancy of a wetsuit can give you a huge advantage. The minutes you gain in the swim can easily make up for the time it takes to remove the wetsuit. Yes I did say minutes, even in a sprint distance race.
-I borrowed a Quintana Roo sleeveless wetsuit, but I would recommend a full suit for the extra bit of added boyancy (Thanks again Scott!!)
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