Is Swimming Eating Its PANTS?

My Speedo Endurance suit doesn't provide good, um, "coverage" with the differences in elasticity so it tends to ride up and shift out of place. I can't get a size larger as this is as big as they are made. It is doing an excellent job not wearing out but has a slightly scratchy feel. It provides a good compliment to a comfy but worn-out Speedo lycra suit of the same size and cut so I don't have any "fallout" as the lycra provides more coverage. The two suits do provide extra compression, decreasing the "wobble" factor which kills your speed. Layering the suits tears up the lycra suit really fast, leaving lycra crumbs on me, yuck. I guess the lycra suit lasts about a month this way before I give up on it and trash it. Oh yeah - I would never wear the lycra suit in the hottub but the endurance suit is OK. Really, this is on topic. I'm glad to hear I'm not the only one doubling up the polyester suit because of "coverage" issues. I didn't realize there was a problem the first time I wore the suit until I stood up after a longer set and half-flashed the poor kid lifeguard. Probably scarred him for life. Doubling solves the problem, which is good, because I think this suit might outlast my car.

My Speedo Endurance suit doesn't provide good, um, "coverage" with the differences in elasticity so it tends to ride up and shift out of place. I can't get a size larger as this is as big as they are made. It is doing an excellent job not wearing out but has a slightly scratchy feel. It provides a good compliment to a comfy but worn-out Speedo lycra suit of the same size and cut so I don't have any "fallout" as the lycra provides more coverage. The two suits do provide extra compression, decreasing the "wobble" factor which kills your speed. Layering the suits tears up the lycra suit really fast, leaving lycra crumbs on me, yuck. I guess the lycra suit lasts about a month this way before I give up on it and trash it. Oh yeah - I would never wear the lycra suit in the hottub but the endurance suit is OK. Really, this is on topic. I'm glad to hear I'm not the only one doubling up the polyester suit because of "coverage" issues. I didn't realize there was a problem the first time I wore the suit until I stood up after a longer set and half-flashed the poor kid lifeguard. Probably scarred him for life. Doubling solves the problem, which is good, because I think this suit might outlast my car.