Poll on competitive history pre-Masters

Thanks Kirk! Great way to look at it. I think that could be made up by just tapering. . . Kristina, you can EASILY drop 8 seconds in a mile by tapering. Last SCY season I dropped almost that much in a 200 (fly).

Kristina, Take up the challenge and do it. You are too good to pass it by.

8 seconds is nothing. Just a little more than 1/2 a second per hundred. Heck, break it down by 25 and it's only 0.13 seconds per 25! :) Thanks Kirk! Great way to look at it. I think that could be made up by just tapering. . .

Made the Olympic swim team for Canada. Club swimmer Hamilton Aquatic Club. No high school swim teams they did not have them but we had a high school waterpolo league and I played waterpolo. No scholarshps for University so did not swim for a University. Our club swam against US universities in dual meets.

Puff! Did you swim the mile in a B70 or a LSR? What kind of pool was it? From what I've heard, the B70 alone should make a huge drop in your time. Better get one before your opponents do! If you did use such a suit in your recent mile, did you find it helped your performance a lot? I would love to try one of these bad boys out someday. Maybe I will let my beard grow out to that grizzled look so popular in soup kitchens back in the 30s, then sidle up to some rich guy and say, "Hey, buddy! Yeah you's whose I'm talking to. Say, I'm a little down on my luck. Brother, can you spare a B70?"

I would love to drop 8 seconds on my 200 fly Chris! Way to go. Really glad to hear that it can be done! I know, I need to man up one of these days. Am working on it! Need to stop being :afraid::afraid:

Jim, you can also post the link to the thread for her.

I swam USS from 10 to 18. Also swam summer league and high school. I marked club swimming on the poll as the high school program I swam with was poor (I showed up for the meets in high school). Never swam college. Took a break from swimming from 18 to 30. Made JR National cuts once at age 15 in the 100 yard fly. Never swam distance free - was a sprinter all through my USS career if you can even call it that. I stuck to 100s and under. I did 200s if forced but they always felt TERRIBLE in part b/c I never practiced hard. Swam the 500 free twice. Once at age 11 when I was forced to by my coach. Swam it again in high school to break the school record which I did with something like a 5:27 (I swim a 5:12 now). Kirk, thanks for the mention on my 1500 m free that I just swam. I think that 8 seconds is still a big chunk of time. However, this was the second time that I swam that event . . . ever. My current USS coach asked me, "What happened when you were younger?" Don't really know. Was not very interested in the sport. Just sort of did it. Never trained hard if I showed up at all. I remember NEVER being sore. Although in all honesty I'm rarely sore now unless I do some weights. Attendance was always an issue. Was on some 1st generation antihistamines 24/7 from age 10 to 18 for severe allergies. The drugs made me extremely tired all the time. :bitching: While some may have been on PEDs I was on PDDs - Performance Decreasing Drugs.

the B70 alone should make a huge drop in your time. its comments like this that make me believe even more that there is something illegal about this suit. :dedhorse:

Here's an interesting piece of info Peg which may or may not make you feel better about the B70. This past LCM season, my #1 400 FR LCM swim was done in an old FSII (and I mean this suit was on its last legs). That time was 2 seconds faster than when I swam the same event in a B70. Just a little trivia. The B70 gives your stroke a different feel IMO. Ideally one should train in the darn thing but there's no way I'm doing that due to my surely getting taunted by the kids. Plus, it's too uncomfortable for long periods of time.