Since there has been observation on this forum that most younger female (not male) swimmers at Nationals wore non-tech suits (the 18-24 and 25-29 groups), I'm curious as to why.
Anyone of that younger group look at this board and care to post reasons? Cost? Controversy over "authenticity" of times when fastest suits are banned? Desire to look hot for guys, as one poster suggests?
It gives me the chance to work on different strokes and distances. Sometimes even the opportunity to make TT times in my "off events".
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It takes so much pressure off at the championships to know I have already posted some decent times going into the meet. I like to be seeded in the right place according to my current level of fitness. No guessing entry times.
So, I always wear a tech-suit and am ready to swim fast every time!
:)
That's so interesting. I don't wear a suit for in-season meets for a few reasons:
* I taper well and I am not going to do crazy good times suit or no suit, and being moderately thrifty, I am going to save my suit for when I will be fast and up for it.
* New Englands (aka best meet ever if I haven't sold it hard enough) lets you swim almost every event (4/5 per day), and we rest for that meet, so I do have a chance to swim off events fast.
* I only started swimming competitively a few years ago and need practice racing more than everything else. Since I am not going to be going best times anyway (seriously, I can't imagine how resting helps so much), I may as well use the meet to practice racing and only worry about times for comparison.
I certainly don't begrudge people suits in any meet though -- that's just how I roll. (I would be lying if I said I didn't try extra hard to beat the person next to me when they are suited-up. Heh.)
It gives me the chance to work on different strokes and distances. Sometimes even the opportunity to make TT times in my "off events".
...
It takes so much pressure off at the championships to know I have already posted some decent times going into the meet. I like to be seeded in the right place according to my current level of fitness. No guessing entry times.
So, I always wear a tech-suit and am ready to swim fast every time!
:)
That's so interesting. I don't wear a suit for in-season meets for a few reasons:
* I taper well and I am not going to do crazy good times suit or no suit, and being moderately thrifty, I am going to save my suit for when I will be fast and up for it.
* New Englands (aka best meet ever if I haven't sold it hard enough) lets you swim almost every event (4/5 per day), and we rest for that meet, so I do have a chance to swim off events fast.
* I only started swimming competitively a few years ago and need practice racing more than everything else. Since I am not going to be going best times anyway (seriously, I can't imagine how resting helps so much), I may as well use the meet to practice racing and only worry about times for comparison.
I certainly don't begrudge people suits in any meet though -- that's just how I roll. (I would be lying if I said I didn't try extra hard to beat the person next to me when they are suited-up. Heh.)
