July 4 - later

Biked to Endurosports this afternoon. Beautiful day outside so the store was empty when I walked in. Salesman asked if I wanted any help, and I was about to give him my typical, “Just looking around” but instead, I decided to go for it. So I told him I had entered the mini-triathlon on Toronto Island, and he had nothing better to do so we spent the next 20 minutes going over stuff and he showed me some necessities, some options, and gave some good tips. I tried on a wetsuit, and he explained how to get it on, zip it up, and then how to get out quickly. I reserved it for the day of the event and really want to take it out at least once before then to splash around the lake. Nineteen, I think it was a Pipeline. More flexible and a lot more skin tight than I was expecting. Looked absurd, like auditioning to be in the Very Old X-Men. Simply pulling it on and taking it off left me sweaty and worn out!

One thing he said that was really helpful: get there early and get set up (I was already planning to do this part). Put on the wetsuit and then go to where the swim will end. Look back at the Transition Area, pick a landmark and figure out the route to take to get to your bike. Because when you get out of the water it will be mass chaos, you’re tired, disoriented, and you don’t want to have to guess where you’re going and start wondering where your bike is.