6x50 from a push on 4 + minutes ... 2 plain / 2 Blue 70 / 2 Jaked .... I am usually pretty consistant with these type of swims. The only problem is going to be trying to get on the Jaked in less than 5 minutes - that may be impossible.....
Maybe you can do the Jaked swims first? If they are hard to put on when dry, they might be almost impossible when wet...
Erik, it took me 45 minutes to get the Jaked on last week. I didn't get a chance to try the same suit on a second time. If you are putting on the Jaked for a second time can you give a report on how long it takes compared with your first dressing?
Doesn't seem like a "dressing" - seems more like an "installation". Reminds me of the first time in a B70 - 10/15 minutes - I didn't really time it. Now I can get it on in under a minute flat.
A couple of responses -
- my Blue 70 is for sure "used" - it's a little to wide in some areas, but it's still good. The Jaked was never wet before.
- Just like swimming, I cut my "putting on the suit" time by quite a bit - I was really struggling the first time around. It needs a little different way of putting it on, because the legs are so tight throughout. You actually have quite a bit of trouble just finding something to pull - and then you always worry about tearing it ...
- I sometimes descend sets like this, but only a small descend - the first 50 felt good already - in my experience, I may have been able to drop to 24.75 or so by just swimming "skin".
- not sure how much a good taper will do -- it's been an odd season for me. I just worked on technique for a while and started lifting / more intense training 4 weeks ago. Then I popped a really fast 100 relay time out of nowhere a week ago and a good 400 time in a crappy pool last Sat .. now I don't know what and how to taper ....
Well - I am trying out the suits tomorrow -
6x50 from a push on 4 + minutes ... 2 plain / 2 Blue 70 / 2 Jaked .... I am usually pretty consistant with these type of swims. The only problem is going to be trying to get on the Jaked in less than 5 minutes - that may be impossible..... I know - it's not a research type test, but good enough for me.
For what it's worth - as I said before, it was soooo much more difficult to get the Jaked on, but once you have it on - it feels much more comfortable than the Blue 70.
Erik, it took me 45 minutes to get the Jaked on last week. I didn't get a chance to try the same suit on a second time. If you are putting on the Jaked for a second time can you give a report on how long it takes compared with your first dressing?
I have to say - even after knowing quite a bit about the added speed of the suits and all the discussions -- it is very strange to do a test like this -
You swim a certain time and then put on a suit and drop 1.5 seconds - you usually don't get the exact comparison. It's a strange mix of fun and feeling a little "guilty".
Exactly what Brunelli & Lezak said the first time in a Jaked...
There may be a way to do some very intensive testing of these suits but if you race a lot and have tried a variety of suits in various phases of training and meet cycles...although subjective...you should have a fairly good handle on where your times would be.
I think swimming hasn't had enough fads, which is why when one pops up everyone loses their minds and has hissy fits.
I agree. Bring 'em on! Though it is rather, er, amusing, to see the Smiths have hissy fits and wax nostalgic.
Unlike John, I'm glad the SDK was not a fad.
Guess you missed the 70's when "Time Off" was introduced...
Most other sports have a fad a season and don't have to revert to the 70s to find the last one. You and the 70s, get over it already, geez.
There have been more fads in track and field, golf, basketball, tennis, football over the years than swimming could possibly imagine. I think baseball might be the only sport with fewer fads, except with George Costanza introduced the all cotton jersey as the Assistant to the Traveling Secretary for the NYY.
So it sounds like if you have a Jaked (at least as a masters swimmer), you had better easily win your events and set some world/ national records or feel - (insert smiley icon with an L on the forehead. . . ) My point being that Jaked seems to offer HUGE advantage . . . that's the conclusion I've come to.
how does 1:04.8 - 1:04.5 range sound?
Are we having a Psycholigical approach. We think it is better and seem to swim better because we spent $550 for the suit. Or is it I paid $550 it has to be faster so I must swim faster???
