Are the suits really the best $500 value out there ?
Ok - the Blue 70 is $390, but you many people buy two, just in case the other one rips -- the LZR is what ? $600 -- so, I figured $500 was a nice round number.
Other ways to get faster for $500:
- hire a personal coach for weekly lessons > you should be able to find a good college swimmer with a good eye for technique for some indivual instructions. You learn very little in a group setting - and coaches only have so much time for each swimmer.
- join a gym -- I guess it depends on location, but you should be able to pay for about a year - no personal trainer for that budget though...
- do the swimetrics + a couple of coached sessions > I did try it - great info, a must for anybody
- read Ande's blog and thread on how to get faster and donate the money
- join a faster, bigger, better team -even if you have to drive further ($500 would be gas money) > this can work wonders..
Any of those better than the suits ?
Dara and I are almost the same person, but my interest in USA-S meets is more race practice, not to get USMS times. I don't know if there are added fees if I don't submit using Team Manager, but I do know that we are talking about $3.25/event, vs $40 for max 5 events. That and there are half a dozen more local meets I can make, compared to the 3 local USMS meets.
Plus, the competition at USA-S meets is so much better. I have been in a 200 free, 2nd to last of 5 heats, and lapped the person next to me. My time wasn't fast, the person next to me just had no idea what their entry time should have been and ended up entering a time way too fast. This happens a lot less when you are racing people who compete at least a dozen times a year.
We rarely have the 40.00 flat fee in the D.V.. Well, the FINS meet in Philly next weekend has a flat fee. One of the USA-S meets that I am doing in June will only cost me 10 bucks(I am only doing 2 events) and If I make finals, I can have a free race. :bliss: . With USA-S meets, they always offer the 200 fly and I have alot of competition which isn't always the case at local Masters meets. Plus, I like the idea of doing swimming meets with finals again.
Dara and I are almost the same person, but my interest in USA-S meets is more race practice, not to get USMS times. I don't know if there are added fees if I don't submit using Team Manager, but I do know that we are talking about $3.25/event, vs $40 for max 5 events. That and there are half a dozen more local meets I can make, compared to the 3 local USMS meets.
Plus, the competition at USA-S meets is so much better. I have been in a 200 free, 2nd to last of 5 heats, and lapped the person next to me. My time wasn't fast, the person next to me just had no idea what their entry time should have been and ended up entering a time way too fast. This happens a lot less when you are racing people who compete at least a dozen times a year.
We rarely have the 40.00 flat fee in the D.V.. Well, the FINS meet in Philly next weekend has a flat fee. One of the USA-S meets that I am doing in June will only cost me 10 bucks(I am only doing 2 events) and If I make finals, I can have a free race. :bliss: . With USA-S meets, they always offer the 200 fly and I have alot of competition which isn't always the case at local Masters meets. Plus, I like the idea of doing swimming meets with finals again.
