3 CUT UP YOUR WETSUIT

Channel your inner Edward Scissorhands and snip away at your wetsuit to save precious seconds – sometimes minutes – in transition, says Ironman 70.3 Ruegen record holder Alice Hector

Hacking inches off your finest neoprene may not sound like a good idea, but it’ll help you get your wetsuit off quicker. I used to always get my feet stuck in the ankles of my suit and wasted seconds, or even minutes, trying to wrestle them out. But after I cut the last couple of inches off the legs, it became really easy to get the suit off. I always do this now, but it’s worth checking with your wetsuit’s manufacturer before you do in case it invalidates your warranty. For me, it’s vital that I’m slick through T1 so I also cut the arms back by an inch as well, and have previously won tight races due to a fast swim-bike transition.

Lucy Charles, the fastest female swimmer at the 2015 Ironman World Championships, has a trio of tips for swifter times