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Yep, it was kind of in jest. I intend to do complete changes between each and suffer the time penalty of the changing tent. I'd rather have full pad cycling shorts and not have to wear shorts with any padding whilst swimming or running. And I think that extra comfort and familiarity will be worth the extra minutes spent getting changed properly.
The early season open water swimming (Shepperton Lake) should mean I know what to wear/do for the swim (wetsuit fit, bodyglide, etc). Do people double hat? I need to wear prescription goggles so I'd rather not have them knocked off (I'm kind of used to swim biff), so I'd look to do hat, goggles, official hat.
Already know what I'll need for the cycle in whatever conditions there are on the day (it's Wales, expect all weather). Should know by mid-April what works for me for running. Just need to start the list of important things to take (vaseline, micropore tape, etc). Good point about not having to make decisions, I like that.
Was it you who mentioned having a bigger bag in the beach shoe bag so you can completely remove the wetsuit to make the run to t1 easier? I'd probably prefer to do the run to t1 in jammers, guess I'd need a tri top on underneath the wetsuit if I'm going to remove the wetsuit for the run.
Oh, and I need to sort accommodation and to work out how I get there and back (ideally without a car, and I can't imagine driving 150 miles the day after a possible 13h-15h Ironman would be sensible at all). What have people done after IM Wales?
(This serves as a useful distraction from the middle of my week of 60km running.)