wetsuit Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/tag/wetsuit/ Tales from a down-shifted family - Making the most of modest means in West Wales Sat, 14 Oct 2017 07:21:44 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/cropped-favicon-160x160.jpg wetsuit Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/tag/wetsuit/ 32 32 2696646 Time for a new wetsuit https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2017/10/time-new-wetsuit/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2017/10/time-new-wetsuit/#comments Sat, 14 Oct 2017 02:23:02 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=25284 I have loads of wetsuits – I’ve lost count of how many. There’s at least: 2x C-Skins winter suits 1x Rhino short sleeve summer suit 1x O’Neill shortie 1x Excel 3/2mm Spring/Autumn suit 1x Snugg 4/3mm Spring/Autumn suit 1x Blue Seventy Reaction swimming wetsuit 1x TYR Hurricane swimming wetsuit 1x wetsuit shorts and vest for...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2017/10/time-new-wetsuit/feed/ 1 25284 Blue Seventy Reaction Wetsuit Review https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2012/09/blue-seventy-reaction-wetsuit-review/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2012/09/blue-seventy-reaction-wetsuit-review/#comments Fri, 21 Sep 2012 16:46:10 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=11084 With the World Championships looming and my old TYR Hurricane wetsuit looking a little worse for wear I thought it was time to spend yet more money on this trip to Auckland and get a new wetsuit. I’d been looking around for a new one for a while and then noticed that Chain Reaction Cycles...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2012/09/blue-seventy-reaction-wetsuit-review/feed/ 1 11084 TYR Hurricane Wetsuit Review https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2010/09/tyr-hurricane-wetsuit-review/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2010/09/tyr-hurricane-wetsuit-review/#comments Sun, 05 Sep 2010 07:08:51 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=5815 I’ve been getting back into swimming recently. Swimming in a pool is great, but as I have to drive 10 miles to get to the nearest pool just popping in for an hours session takes over two hours and therefore isn’t very economical as far as time or money goes. I therefore decided to try...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2010/09/tyr-hurricane-wetsuit-review/feed/ 4 5815 Open Water Swimming https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2010/08/open-water-swimming-2/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2010/08/open-water-swimming-2/#comments Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:08:29 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=5763 My new TYR Hurricane Wetsuit arrived today. It was still pretty tight. I’m 5’6″ and 72kg whereas the Small Medium size that I’ve got is supposed to fit someone 5’7″-6’0″ and 66-78kg. At least I could get into it though and once swimming it wasn’t too tight. It probably does restrict my breathing a tiny...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2010/08/open-water-swimming-2/feed/ 1 5763 Tumble Drying a Wetsuit https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2009/11/tumble-drying-a-wetsuit/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2009/11/tumble-drying-a-wetsuit/#respond Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:23:45 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=3048 Anyone who has ever had to put on a cold, wet, smelly wetsuit will know that it isn’t a pleasant experience. It is usually accompanied by howls and much swearing, especially when performed on a cold winters morning in a windswept car park. We’ve all been there and it isn’t nice. However, I can’t remember...

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