Yes - one more time it's about the suit:
Here is a comparison to 2004 and what it took to make top 16 (top 8 for the 400) over the first 7 events:
2004 listed first then 2008 then the approx. % drop
400 IM - 4:24.8 to 4:21.0 1.5%
100 Fly - 1:01.29 to 59.97 2%
400 Free - 3:55.0 to 3:51.4 1.6%
400 IM - 4:49.57 to 4:43.2 2.3%
100 Br - 1:04.0 to 1:02.36 2.5%
100 Bk - 1:04.12 to 1:02.31 2.6%
200 Free - 1:51.1 to 1:48.76 2.2%
Ok - to be fair, people are getting faster, but I would guess at least a 1.5% drop across the board for the suit -- that is net time !
By the time I put on one of those suits, I would be too tired to swim and the race would already be over.
Will one fit me that would be the first question? How do I get 250 lbs of jelly into one of them?
Ever heard of Nancy Kinney....79 year old rock star of a woman...wore one last weekend and swam 18 seconds faster in her 200 LCM back then the last time she swam it. Guess she caught on to all the new training techniques going around these days....and it only took her 20 minutes to get it on the first time.
By the time I put on one of those suits, I would be too tired to swim and the race would already be over.
Will one fit me that would be the first question? How do I get 250 lbs of jelly into one of them?
Ever heard of Nancy Kinney....79 year old rock star of a woman...wore one last weekend and swam 18 seconds faster in her 200 LCM back then the last time she swam it. Guess she caught on to all the new training techniques going around these days....and it only took her 20 minutes to get it on the first time.
