Never saw so many Jaked's

The Suit Showdown at Westwood: Skin vs Blue 70 vs Jaked About the conditions - the Westwood pool is indoors short-course meters without blocks. I did do dives from the pool deck which is about 1 foot above the waterline. The timer did take my time "feet leaving the wall" or a rolling start. I did not want to go from a push because I felt a dive may be a significant part of trying the suits because of the extended underwater. There were 3 other swimmers in the lane - so I did have some waves, but everything fine otherwise. The Contenders: Skin has been in the business for 40 years now (at least for me :) ) - skin has been battle tested for decades used to be good enough for all swim meets. Skin can only show it's full potential though once all the hair is removed. Skin HATES all the new contenders- they represent everything evil and what is wrong with technology and progress. Blue 70 - the new kid on the block is not so new anymore. Blue 70 was the new sensation last year. He came out of nowhere and took the country by storm. Blue 70 is hip and trendy - he despises anything to do with Speedo and he feels sorry for Skin for being so outdated. My version of the Blue 70 is a little older and appears just a little too big right now. Jaked - the new Italian speedster. Jaked is the Ferrari of swim suits - he fits like an Armani and performs like an Italian sports car. He looks sharp and appears to be the suit of choice for Formula 1 teams (aka top sprinters in the world). The test: 5x50 Freestyle - 1 Skin, 2 Blue 70 and 2 Jaked -- full recovery in between. It took about 5 minutes to get the BLue 70 on and about 10 minutes for the Jaked. I did get plenty of rest except for the last 50, since time was running short. The Showdown: First swim = Skin = 25.09 -- good start, I have not sprinted all that much, so I would expect a slight improvment on this time for the next few 50s in a regular set. Second Swim = Blue 70 = 24.05 -- "Skin" is in disbelief - how is this possible and how could it be legal ? 3rd Swim = Blue 70 = 23.92 -- "Skin" has left the pool in tears -- Jaked is just waiting for his chance. Blue 70 is happy to have shown his stuff - he thinks Italians should stick with food rather than speed suits. 4th Swim (after a 10 minute "battle" with the suit) = Jaked = 23.47 -- Blue 70 wants a check of the timing system. He believes the timer is on the take by the Italian Mafia -- all things Italian must be "connected". The time stands - the swim did not feel all that much different - but 0.45 !!! 5th Swim - not a full recovery = Jaked = 23.80 - felt tired coming home and had to breathe more - even without knowing the time, I would have guessed about 3/10 slower or so. The Jaked has proven to be the winner in the training run -- we will have to wait for race day now....Skin is joining the Craig Lord inquisition movement and Blue 70 is going back to the drawing board....

The Suit Showdown at Westwood: Skin vs Blue 70 vs Jaked About the conditions - the Westwood pool is indoors short-course meters without blocks. I did do dives from the pool deck which is about 1 foot above the waterline. The timer did take my time "feet leaving the wall" or a rolling start. I did not want to go from a push because I felt a dive may be a significant part of trying the suits because of the extended underwater. There were 3 other swimmers in the lane - so I did have some waves, but everything fine otherwise. The Contenders: Skin has been in the business for 40 years now (at least for me :) ) - skin has been battle tested for decades used to be good enough for all swim meets. Skin can only show it's full potential though once all the hair is removed. Skin HATES all the new contenders- they represent everything evil and what is wrong with technology and progress. Blue 70 - the new kid on the block is not so new anymore. Blue 70 was the new sensation last year. He came out of nowhere and took the country by storm. Blue 70 is hip and trendy - he despises anything to do with Speedo and he feels sorry for Skin for being so outdated. My version of the Blue 70 is a little older and appears just a little too big right now. Jaked - the new Italian speedster. Jaked is the Ferrari of swim suits - he fits like an Armani and performs like an Italian sports car. He looks sharp and appears to be the suit of choice for Formula 1 teams (aka top sprinters in the world). The test: 5x50 Freestyle - 1 Skin, 2 Blue 70 and 2 Jaked -- full recovery in between. It took about 5 minutes to get the BLue 70 on and about 10 minutes for the Jaked. I did get plenty of rest except for the last 50, since time was running short. The Showdown: First swim = Skin = 25.09 -- good start, I have not sprinted all that much, so I would expect a slight improvment on this time for the next few 50s in a regular set. Second Swim = Blue 70 = 24.05 -- "Skin" is in disbelief - how is this possible and how could it be legal ? 3rd Swim = Blue 70 = 23.92 -- "Skin" has left the pool in tears -- Jaked is just waiting for his chance. Blue 70 is happy to have shown his stuff - he thinks Italians should stick with food rather than speed suits. 4th Swim (after a 10 minute "battle" with the suit) = Jaked = 23.47 -- Blue 70 wants a check of the timing system. He believes the timer is on the take by the Italian Mafia -- all things Italian must be "connected". The time stands - the swim did not feel all that much different - but 0.45 !!! 5th Swim - not a full recovery = Jaked = 23.80 - felt tired coming home and had to breathe more - even without knowing the time, I would have guessed about 3/10 slower or so. The Jaked has proven to be the winner in the training run -- we will have to wait for race day now....Skin is joining the Craig Lord inquisition movement and Blue 70 is going back to the drawing board....