HUUB AERIOUS 4.4 Wetsuit I ordered this wetsuit from PX Triathlon – www.PXTriathlon.com – because of our cold conditions we have been having here in the Northeast. Winter just won’t leave, which left me worried about the water temps in my early season triathlons. I went up to Lake Placid to try it out in some very chilly conditions. I went up for a triathlon training camp with some good friends for the Memorial Day Holiday and wouldn’t you know it, it started snowing while we were there. So I thought the conditions should be perfect to try out my new HUUB Full Wetsuit Aerious 4.4, or maybe I have a touch of the crazy bug. Probably a little bit of both.
I ordered the Small Tall (SMT), I am 175lbs and 6’2” tall. I was right on the upper end of the size chart which I thought would be perfect, nice and snug. I ordered it and PX Triathlon had it to me in 2 days, perfect!! I pulled it out of the box like a kid on Christmas morning and I thought I had ordered the wrong one, I wasn’t sure if it would my 8 year old daughter. I thought I might as well try it on before sending it back and getting the next size up. I wiggled a bit and worked it up my body and got it on. It felt nice and snug with no air pockets what so ever. It felt great, guess I won’t be sending it back. Test day in Lake Placid. I walked up to the beach in Lake Placid contemplating if I should go in or not, and looked out over the empty chilly lake with the top of the water looking like glass, and decided to suit up. I wiggled and squirmed again but not as much this time. It felt nice and snug, kind of felt like my skin. The wetsuit material was stretchy, and conformed perfectly to my body type. I felt the sand between my toes as I pulled my TYR Velocity Goggles over my eyes and dove into the shallows of Mirror Lake. The first sensation as the High 50 degree water temp hit my face was man this is crazy. I took about twenty strokes and got myself into a rhythm and started to evaluate my new wetsuit. I felt the buoyancy effect right away as it popped my body right to the top of the water. Then I concentrated on feeling the arm restriction from the sleeves of the suit. As I rotated my arms around my shoulders I could not feel any restriction what so ever. I have more restriction in my ZOOT sleeveless than I do in this HUUB Wetsuit. The material is thin and flexible enough that it does not interfere with the swim stroke at all. It felt almost like I was swimming without a wetsuit, in terms of arm restriction. Very refreshing to feel like this when swimming long distances like in a Full Ironman. Then I finally realized I forgot to check how I felt temperature wise. Well I wasn’t frozen up to this point. Since the temperature didn’t cross my mind after the initial shock, it goes to show that even though the material feels thin, light, and has a high elasticity that it doesn’t comprise the temperature controlling nature of the wetsuit. I did not feel cold in the least and actually started breaking a sweat towards the end of my 25 minute swim. Finally I had to get this thing off of me. I raced up the beach as I would in a race and pealed it off my upper body with ease and then made quick work with my legs. It did take me a little longer to take it off my feet since the elasticity is very high but nothing that a big yank couldn’t take care of. This product , the HUUB Aerious 4.4 Full Wetsuit is a great product. I was very impressed with all the qualities of this wetsuit. I felt that the makers of this wetsuit really took their time doing their research, design, and constructing such a great product. I would recommend this product to all my fellow racers that want a quality product. The whole process from ordering it from PX Triathlon to trying the wetsuit out seemed flawless and close to perfection.
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![]() I am up here in Lake Placid once again for a few days of training camp. I went for my first bike ride since I've been up here this morning. Started out gorgeous then quickly turned sloppy. The sun went in and then rains came. Started out drizzling then went to pelting rain drops - OUCH!! Didn't feel so good. This is the first time I have been back since racing here at Ironman Lake Placid 2012, and it is kind of surreal. Every turn I made while I was on the course, I kept thinking about that part of the race and how I was feeling at those particular moments. Looking back, I am still amazed at my effort that day and hopefully in 2014 I will be able to improve on those times. Training camp isn't going to be too intense for me this year as I am coming off Tri Columbia last week and heading to Rev3 Quassy next week. I am just trying to sharpen up my skills, put in some quality miles, and have fun with my family and with some really good friends. |
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