If this "poll" is going to mean anything, you need to define some terms here. We need to know if the people voting are fitness swimmers, occasional competitors, or serious competitors (or some other terms).
If I were a fitness swimmer, I don't think I would bother with a tech suit. If I were an occasional (1 or 2 meets a year) swimmer, I might borrow a tech suit, but may not want to spend the money on one. In terms of serious competitors, it doesn't matter if you are breaking world records or breaking a minute in the 100 free, if you swim at many meets, regionals and nationals, you are a serious competitor. I think a poll will be telling us more if the poll gave us this information as well.
Also, we have 50,000 people in USMS of which, what, 4,000 compete, that's less than 10%. And how many of those people follow the forum?
One last question. Connie, are you competing on a regular basis?
If this "poll" is going to mean anything, you need to define some terms here. We need to know if the people voting are fitness swimmers, occasional competitors, or serious competitors (or some other terms).
If I were a fitness swimmer, I don't think I would bother with a tech suit. If I were an occasional (1 or 2 meets a year) swimmer, I might borrow a tech suit, but may not want to spend the money on one. In terms of serious competitors, it doesn't matter if you are breaking world records or breaking a minute in the 100 free, if you swim at many meets, regionals and nationals, you are a serious competitor. I think a poll will be telling us more if the poll gave us this information as well.
Also, we have 50,000 people in USMS of which, what, 4,000 compete, that's less than 10%. And how many of those people follow the forum?
One last question. Connie, are you competing on a regular basis?
