Not sure if it's the suit, the Olympic year, or a combo of both - but I do get the impression that the LZR racer is the fastest suit out there. It's not yet available, but I am sure some people will pull some strings and show up with the suit in Austin.
I think we should all agree to ban the suit from Austin and spread the word to everybody. I know it's not binding - but I think we are all "old enough" to work on the honor system.
Any thoughts ?
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First of all I put "ban" in quotation marks in the title. I am well aware that we will not have a USMS rule put in place. This would have been a self-imposed guidance. Second - I think the argument here is very logical -- it's about as logical as making it mandatory for the manufacturers to make the suit available to all swimmers at Trials or the Olympics.
I would think that Masters swimming should be even more about fairness than the rest of the sport - we should know better. For what it's worth - I would be able to get one - so maybe I should ...
If you are who I think you are, you have nothing but number one swims in your master's history. Aging up this year, you should not have a problem even competing in my old woolie. Maybe you could loan me your LZR. I have no shame!
First of all I put "ban" in quotation marks in the title. I am well aware that we will not have a USMS rule put in place. This would have been a self-imposed guidance. Second - I think the argument here is very logical -- it's about as logical as making it mandatory for the manufacturers to make the suit available to all swimmers at Trials or the Olympics.
I would think that Masters swimming should be even more about fairness than the rest of the sport - we should know better. For what it's worth - I would be able to get one - so maybe I should ...
If you are who I think you are, you have nothing but number one swims in your master's history. Aging up this year, you should not have a problem even competing in my old woolie. Maybe you could loan me your LZR. I have no shame!
