Yet another thread about the suits...

LOL... I got out of the choppy, heaving lake this a.m. in my Speedo Ultraback "aquatic fitness" suit (black with white piping, to set the picture) and saw my first Blue Seventy! It was a bit hard to miss, being blazoned across the back or rump, or maybe both. After it swaggered across the sand and into the water, an Orca pulled up and asked for help with one of its fins. Water temp and air both in the 70s, a brisk northeast wind blowing - what's not to like? Wetsuit or non may be more of an aesthetic, or mindset, for daily swims (1 to 1.5 miles). I went about mid-distance; some wetsuits went farther, but many barely got out any distance at all. I began to wonder whether, in a bit of slop, a wetsuit could be a disadvantage for holding the swimmer too much on top, instead of allowing swimmer to get beneath the surface water movement. Anyway, I am happy. :wave: I hope reality hits people that it's the athetes doing well in the suits. I just don't believe these new suits really give people that much of an advantage(exeception...Blue seventy since it has neoprene in the material) I think they give people a bigger mental advantage which is worth more than any suit.

LOL... I got out of the choppy, heaving lake this a.m. in my Speedo Ultraback "aquatic fitness" suit (black with white piping, to set the picture) and saw my first Blue Seventy! It was a bit hard to miss, being blazoned across the back or rump, or maybe both. After it swaggered across the sand and into the water, an Orca pulled up and asked for help with one of its fins. Water temp and air both in the 70s, a brisk northeast wind blowing - what's not to like? Wetsuit or non may be more of an aesthetic, or mindset, for daily swims (1 to 1.5 miles). I went about mid-distance; some wetsuits went farther, but many barely got out any distance at all. I began to wonder whether, in a bit of slop, a wetsuit could be a disadvantage for holding the swimmer too much on top, instead of allowing swimmer to get beneath the surface water movement. Anyway, I am happy. :wave: I hope reality hits people that it's the athetes doing well in the suits. I just don't believe these new suits really give people that much of an advantage(exeception...Blue seventy since it has neoprene in the material) I think they give people a bigger mental advantage which is worth more than any suit.