Sea legs : wobbly legs out of the water
SwimThe 30-60 s wobbly feeling when you exit the swim.
After 30-90 min horizontal, the vestibular system and venous return need tens of seconds to readjust to upright. Result: dizziness, wobbly legs, sometimes nausea. It's NORMAL and short-lived : sprinting out of the water is counter-productive.
In TriPaced:
TriPaced doesn't prescribe transitions explicitly, but the first 30 s of T1 should be deliberately calm: breathe, walk steadily, focus on what comes next. You make up 5-10 s in transition; you lose minutes from a cardiac panic.
Source Nowak M. et al., 1997 : Vestibular reflexes and postural equilibrium after swimming (Aviat Space Environ Med) - orthostatic reorientation post-immersion