Guess who swam 2 lanes down from me at my noon workout?!
Kristy Kowal, Maritza Correia, Maggie Bowen and Scott Tucker!!!!
I was awestruck. I could hardly swim for watching them. They were testing some new suits for Speedo. I just had to share this with people that understood my excitement!! These are some of the best swimmers in the US! Maybe some of their speed will be transported to me by osmosis!! :D
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Well, this doesn't top your story, but....
One day at the pool where I swim, I saw that Rudy guy from the "Survivor" TV series. He was accompanied by a huge crowd of wannabes for his next TV project (something to do with a fitness challenge). Cameras crews were all over it.
Perhaps THIS was the suit they were testing:
www.usswim.org/.../template.pl
This can hardly be considered a surprise, if TYR comes out with a new suit, you knew speedo would be too. These won't be on the masters circuit till next winter...
Should drive down the cost of regular fast skin...
I think NBC's Today show, on Tuesday, had 4 Speedo sponsored swimmers and video of the NEW full body suit being tested by someone (a female swimmer--now on leave from medical school at Columbia--forget her name).
So the suit is past the testing stage and available to potential Olympic competitors.
Years ago I went to my first SCM meet. Signed up for the 1500.
Big tall guy was next to me as only 8 of us signed up to do the race. Anyway, he takes off like a shot. Laps me too many times
to count. I finish ~ 22 minutes. He goes 17:05--a masters
world record at the time. Matt Clark was his name. Great
lesson in humility. ;0)
Old Dog....everytime I swim I get a lesson in humility.....TRUST ME!
My first nationals in Fort Lauderdale in 1995 gave me a PHD. in humility...I went 20:58 and the winner in my 45-49 age group went 17:29....then I watched the great Graham Johnston swim 19:30 at age 61...
I took me two more years to bust 20 minutes....and Jim Mc Conica (SP) was swimming LOW 17's in my age group. But, I realized that just being there was the win!
Wayne,
Yes, I go to Swim Info, frequently, and I'm a little annoyed that the only info available on the new products are press releases on Swim Info. (Even the TYR banner ad on Swim Info does not go to their Corporate web site; it goes back to the press release on Swim Info.) I am in the market for a new competition suit. I would be interested in giving the latest thing a try to see if it makes a difference at my (ahem) humble end of the competition scale (i.e. does it really matter when you are as old, slow and fat as I am).
C'mon guys! Don't tease me with declarations about how terrific these suits are, how they will be available for Olympic athletes and the rest of us mere mortals, and then have not a word about these suits on the Corporation web sites.
I've come to expect this level of chinsey-ness from Speedo, but TYR has provided a pretty good product to me, so I have come to expect better from them.
Matt
