Swim Cap

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__steve__ — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 06:21:15 GMT

No hair and never wear cap they give me a headache.

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Former Member — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 13:09:23 GMT

I always wear a swimcap. To me, it just doesn't feel right without it. I have noticed that most men and women wear one where I swim.

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rxleakem — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 10:44:17 GMT

Another reason to wear a cap is for visibility while swimming open water. Same here. I don't like the way caps feel on my head, so don't use them in the pool. OW: almost always for safety.

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Bobinator — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 09:29:00 GMT

I always wear a silicone cap; it helps keep the chlorine out of my hair. All of the females on Nasti's wear caps but probably only half the men.

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Former Member — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 09:02:58 GMT

I will never wear a swim cap.

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Former Member — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 08:57:26 GMT

On my age group team when I was 10 you had to wear a cap if your hair was longer than 1". I started wearing a cap then and have worn one ever since. I find the cap does help prevent your hair from getting fried. Especially if you shower before.

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smontanaro — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 08:41:50 GMT

Another reason to wear a cap is for visibility while swimming open water.

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jaadams1 — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 08:39:29 GMT

I only wear a swim cap in a workout when either: The air or water temp are too cold, or I want to simulate racing conditions Define air temp "too cold"... " or less anyway, usually less. I've just always worn a cap at meets, except a couple times at high school state or college nats when I took the razor to my head.

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Former Member — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 07:50:41 GMT

Ditto where I swim. My biggest issue with people not wearing caps is when I pick up a strand of hair between my fingers while taking a stroke. That grosses me out too especially when you can't get rid of it:D. That's why I wear a cap. My hair isn't long but not totally short(kinda the Leonardo DiCaprio style). I always assumed that too much chlorine might dry out the hair too much but now that I think of it, I doubt the cap will really make a difference. I do tend to get hot from my silicone cap, especially after sprints it feels like my head is on fire. Maybe I'll just swim without one in the future.

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Patrick W. Brundage — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 06:54:56 GMT

I only wear a swim cap in a workout when either: The air or water temp are too cold, or I want to simulate racing conditions

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knelson — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 06:37:42 GMT

I never used to, but now I always wearing a cap during workouts. The only thing I don't like is your goggle strap has a tendency to move around (even come off) a lot more than if you're not wearing a cap.

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Bill Sive — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 06:07:16 GMT

Mostly do not wear swim caps. However, I do wear one when swimming outdoors in cool and/or rainy weather. I will also wear one when at a swim meet. I feel a swim cap allows me to swim just a little bit faster than the rest of the pack. I have no preference lycra or silicone, both seem to work just as well for me.

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smontanaro — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 02:22:06 GMT

Ditto where I swim. My biggest issue with people not wearing caps is when I pick up a strand of hair between my fingers while taking a stroke. Bugs me more than it should, I suppose. (It's not my hair. Mine is too short and too scarce to ever do that.)

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Allen Stark — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 02:15:46 GMT

Where I swim most guys don't wear caps,but a few do.It is unusual to see a woman who is a serious swimmer without a cap.For workouts, my wife loves lycra caps.Her head doesn't overheat and it never slips,problems she has had with latex and silicone caps.