Choosing your first meet.

Not sure I agree. It could be fine to dig an old aqua blade from 2002 out of whatever Goodwill or landfill it ended up in, pull it on and then walk around with it around my ankles because THAT is as far as I could pull up something from my twenties. :laugh2: Or you could use it to keep your ankles together if you do any pulling during your warmup! (I feel your pain.)

Dipping my toes in here, I'm swimming my technically second masters meet this weekend. I'm really excited, but I'm nervous because I decided to do 5 events, and I don't know how many people will be at the meet, so I may be swimming back to back to back to back to back... I swam very competitively in high school, took college off but swam for exercise 2 days a week for most of that time, then took 1.5 years fully off before getting back in a little over a month ago. I have a lot of competitive energy so I think this meet will be good for me. Haha, I found an old size 26 I used to fit into, and after making two leg holes into one I was able to get it past my knees! :D The real reason I responded was this. I don't even weigh any more than I did when I stopped swimming at 18, but for some reason I sprouted hips during college and I can't get ANY of my (many) old bathing suits up anymore. :( I only have one that fits anymore, which is sad. In high school I was known for having a large collection of wild suits.

Is the suit you're talking about from Splish? I think I've seen that suit before! It's from Sporti, which I think is Swim Outlet's brand. Pretty cheap, but didn't last long.

The real reason I responded was this. I don't even weigh any more than I did when I stopped swimming at 18, but for some reason I sprouted hips during college and I can't get ANY of my (many) old bathing suits up anymore. :( I only have one that fits anymore, which is sad. In high school I was known for having a large collection of wild suits. Something similar happened to me after I stopped swimming in college. I call it secondary puberty. My entirely unresearched guess is that maybe all the exercise I'd done for a long time had suppressed some of it the first time around. Who knows... :dunno: Time for a new collection of wild suits! I have one (unfortunately now faded to almost unwearable) that has double decker buses, teacups, umbrellas, and other English things on it. Hilarious.

Something similar happened to me after I stopped swimming in college. I call it secondary puberty. My entirely unresearched guess is that maybe all the exercise I'd done for a long time had suppressed some of it the first time around. Who knows... :dunno: Time for a new collection of wild suits! I have one (unfortunately now faded to almost unwearable) that has double decker buses, teacups, umbrellas, and other English things on it. Hilarious. I wish suits weren't so darn expensive. I can't afford a whole new collection now--I can hardly afford to replace the one I've been wearing every day that is about to go see-through. I'm still young enough (23) that I can ask Mom and Dad for a new suit for Christmas, though! :presents2: Is the suit you're talking about from Splish? I think I've seen that suit before!