Hey, what's up everybody and welcome back to that triathlon show, the podcast presented by

Scientific Triathlon.com. I'm your host Michael and this is beginner tip 26 where we will discuss

how long you need to prepare for a race. Quick update on my microphone. As you know it, my old microphone gave in last week. I had an emergency setup. Now I have a great new, very expensive microphone. But the one thing that I didn't realize is that it wouldn't fit my old boom arm. So now I'm manually holding the microphone and trying to have a pop filter between my

mouth and the mic to make sure that we have a decent sound quality. But until I get a proper

boom arm, which I just ordered off Amazon, to take the bill up even further for this investment,

then it may be that it's still not quite

ideal, but we're getting there. And next week, fingers crossed, I will have that new boom arm as well.

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if you are not aware are shorts that you use when swimming that help keep your legs at the

surface of the water. They have a lot of flotation to them.

And if you have sinking legs when swimming, this can really make it difficult to practice

your armstroke.

But with buoyancy shorts, you can forget about your legs.

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