What do you wear for an Aquathlon?

[Whatapickle78]

Hi

Ive never done a Triathlon or an Aquathlon before…. And signed up to a 5k 750m swim.

can anyone give me some advice please?

the water will be relatively warm as it’s summer, but I’m told I’ll need something warmer than a swimsuit.

Do just run/swim in a Triathlon suit (but remove the crotch padding somehow?) or are you supposed to put a separate wetsuit over the top for the swim? Feeling thoroughly confused, as most of the specialist ‘“Swimrun” suits I’ve seen look far too hot to run in!

Does anyone have experience of this and what do you personally wear in summer?

also, is the order swim then run always?

Thank you!

I've done triathlons and you swim in a wetsuit and take it off for the run. Which is why the swim is first . Under the wetsuit you have a trisuit which you bike and run in. They don't have any form of real padding in the suit so are fine to run in when they are wet.

Thank you! Thats really helpful.
Sorry for a further ignorant question, but do runners/swimmers wear sports bra and pants under the Trisuit? Does it have built in bra support, or is it more like a swimsuit type material, but with shorts?

Thanks again

Yes, some will wear a sports bra under their suit!

I'd wear a tri suit and sports bra with a wetsuit over (depends on water temp and your experience in open water, but most people will wear a swim wetsuit). The padding in a trisuit is negligible so no need to remove. Unless you are very small in the bust, any built in bras in tri suits aren't enough ime.
Swim/run suits are different as they repeatedly run and swim during the race and have to keep everything on wheras aquathlons/triathlons/swim bike only have one phase of each and you go into a transition area to change over

Thanks both - this is great intel and I think I know now what I need to buy!