What is it going to be like racing in Racing in Briefs, Jammers for the guys and Neck to Knee suits for the women? Without rubber suits and we go back to nylon, lycra may be even silk suits?
If the new rules go into effect unless FINA changes their mind????
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I have an interesting anecdote to add here...
I swam sunday only (yesterday) at Indy nationals. I swam the 50 free, the 400 fr, and the 200im. I have been wearing suits in most races for the last couple of years...fs pros.
The 400fr I wore my fspro and dropped 11 seconds from this season's best. In the 50 I wore my pro and dropped no time from this seasons best. (which is really weird because I tapered for 5 weeks. i thought I would have dropped more in the 50 than the 400??)
then after being there all day yesterday I dragged my suit on one more time and stood around in it for about half an hour before the 200IM. with about 5 minutes before my heat I looked down at my legs and noticed big indents were the elastic was cutting in and I thought, you know this can't be good for circulation. I was already frustrated with the suits...i love the extra speed but I hate continuously messing around with them. Regardless, I hastily pulled the suit off and raced in an endurance brief.
I added about three seconds. In hindsight, I should have left the suit on for the sake of consistency.
But I did learn something. I'm really not where I think I am in terms of fitness and performance. I'm a good bit slower and this will become apparent when and if the suits become illegal in masters.
this is good news and bad news. The bad news is, well, I'm not as fast as I think I am. The good news is I can more accurately train to get better based on past experience.
I have an interesting anecdote to add here...
I swam sunday only (yesterday) at Indy nationals. I swam the 50 free, the 400 fr, and the 200im. I have been wearing suits in most races for the last couple of years...fs pros.
The 400fr I wore my fspro and dropped 11 seconds from this season's best. In the 50 I wore my pro and dropped no time from this seasons best. (which is really weird because I tapered for 5 weeks. i thought I would have dropped more in the 50 than the 400??)
then after being there all day yesterday I dragged my suit on one more time and stood around in it for about half an hour before the 200IM. with about 5 minutes before my heat I looked down at my legs and noticed big indents were the elastic was cutting in and I thought, you know this can't be good for circulation. I was already frustrated with the suits...i love the extra speed but I hate continuously messing around with them. Regardless, I hastily pulled the suit off and raced in an endurance brief.
I added about three seconds. In hindsight, I should have left the suit on for the sake of consistency.
But I did learn something. I'm really not where I think I am in terms of fitness and performance. I'm a good bit slower and this will become apparent when and if the suits become illegal in masters.
this is good news and bad news. The bad news is, well, I'm not as fast as I think I am. The good news is I can more accurately train to get better based on past experience.
