Looks like Masters swimmers have decided on the best new suit available right now - probably a combination of price / value / and length of use.
I am at the Long Beach SCM - west coast "nationals" and the winner is: The Blue Seventy by a ratio of about 50 to 1 over the LZR.
People are either wearing one of the older suits (some of them are to be had for $25) or a Blue Seventy. There is still a bit of "confusion" over which Blue70 to get - I saw quite a few of the open water models. But I think I have seen a total of 3 (including mine) LZRs at the entire meet. No kidding Speedo wants the coaches to ban the Blue70.
Personal comparison - 50 Free - Blue 70 = 23.25 /// LZR = 23.44 (but I had a poor dive and a poor turn - I would still rank them about even)
55.90
wow chris
that's fast
congratulations
ande
Thanks, Ande; to be honest, I was shocked too, I didn't think I had that kind of swim in me.
I really think that a greater emphasis on hard SDK in practice has made a difference in all my events (obviously backstroke the most). Makes sense, since that accounts for at least half the race and yet not nearly that proportion of time in practice. I think I'll put even more time into it in the coming SCY season.
Plus it may well be that the effect of having a good SDK is further amplified by the newer suits. (I sort of suspect this is their main effect, more than buoyancy -- at least for me. I don't think the suits helped my fly as much as my back.)
I wish I could reciprocate and congratulate you on your swims but, although the LB meet looks great, they seem to be the slowest out of the gate in posting results (at least compared to the Rutgers and Chicago meets).
55.90
wow chris
that's fast
congratulations
ande
Thanks, Ande; to be honest, I was shocked too, I didn't think I had that kind of swim in me.
I really think that a greater emphasis on hard SDK in practice has made a difference in all my events (obviously backstroke the most). Makes sense, since that accounts for at least half the race and yet not nearly that proportion of time in practice. I think I'll put even more time into it in the coming SCY season.
Plus it may well be that the effect of having a good SDK is further amplified by the newer suits. (I sort of suspect this is their main effect, more than buoyancy -- at least for me. I don't think the suits helped my fly as much as my back.)
I wish I could reciprocate and congratulate you on your swims but, although the LB meet looks great, they seem to be the slowest out of the gate in posting results (at least compared to the Rutgers and Chicago meets).
